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Galician
Etymology
15th century. From barca (“boat”) + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
barcal m (plural barcais)
- wooden vessel or tray used for serving food
- Synonym: barreña
1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:Iten, das cunqas e talladores e poças e barcaas e de outras quaes quer vaselas de madeira, que page o vendedor de cada tres mrs un diñeiro- Item, of the bowls, and plates, and large bowls, and trays, and any other wooden vessel, the seller should pay a denary per three mrs.
- wooden vessel used for temporarily holding liquids, namely wine
- Synonyms: dorna, tina
- wooden vessel used for feeding the animals, preparing clay, or other uses
- Synonyms: bacía, barquela, maseira
- wooden vessel used for laundry
- Synonyms: barreño, tina
- wooden tray with individual compartments for placing balls of yarn
- Synonym: barqueta
References
- “barcaas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “barcal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “barcal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “barcal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.