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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ca non
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ca, non.
- than
- Eu son máis rápida ca non ti ― I'm faster than you
c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 105:os catiuos mays querem a morte ca nõ a vida que an- prisoners rather prefer death than the life they have
c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 510:et começou a batalla outra uez muy de rrigio, mays ca non antes- and the battle began again very toughly, more than before
References
- “ca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ca non” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ca non” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.