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Galician
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from a Germanic language, compare Dutch knippen (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
canipa f (plural canipas)
- branch, twig, especially when used as firewood
- Synonyms: acha, cavaco
1895, Xesús Rodríguez López, Cousas das mulleres:xuntando unhas canipas puso as pallas baixo delas asta que prendeu o lume- putting together some twigs, he put the straws under them until the fire started
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canipa”, 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), “canipa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega