cánaba

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Galician

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Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin cannaba. Cognate with Spanish cáñama.[1]

Noun

cánaba m (plural cánabas)

  1. (archaic) contribution, quota
    • 1385, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 245:
      pagando outrosí cada hun a sua canama que lle fose reparada dos ditos viinte mill mrs
      paying also each one his contribution as it was assigned of the mentioned twenty thousand maravedis

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References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cáñama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos