canle

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Galician

Canle

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãale, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.

Pronunciation

Noun

canle f (plural canles)

  1. channel; canal
    Synonym: canal
  2. canal; aqueduct
    Synonyms: cal, levada, quenlla
  3. mill race; flume
    Synonyms: cal, levada, quenlla
    • c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:
      A muller do Serafiño
      Por unha pinga rabéa,
      Quérea de cote a probiña,
      E se non bebe, toléa.
      Parece un longo varal,
      tratándose de viño,
      Gorxa tan ancha ela mostra
      Com’a canle dun bô muíño.
      Pro, se non vai por azumbres,
      Logo dí qu’é pouquiniño.
      Serafin's wife
      for a drop rages;
      she wants it all the time, poor thing,
      and if she doesn't drink she goes mad.
      She seems a long rod,
      but when it is about wine,
      she shows a gorge as wide
      as the flume of a good mill.
      But, if it doesn't come by gallons,
      soon she said that it is too little.
  4. ditch
  5. (figuratively) something used as a diffusion medium or to connect other things

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