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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cafiz (independently attested in both corpora), from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).
Pronunciation
Noun
cacifo m (plural cacifos)
- salt cellar
- Synonym: saleiro
- bird trap
- Synonym: ichó
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cafiz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cafiz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cacifo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cacifo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cacifo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cafiz, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ifu
- Hyphenation: ca‧ci‧fo
Noun
cacifo m (plural cacifos)
- locker
- Synonyms: arca, compartimento, caixa
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- safe
- Synonym: cofre
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