canudo

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese canudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Hispanic Late Latin *cannūtus (canelike), from Latin canna (cane) Compare Portuguese canudo and Spanish canuto.

Pronunciation

Noun

canudo m (plural canudos)

  1. section of a cane
  2. tube, pipe
    Synonym: tubo
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:
      faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapalle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon
      prepare a enema with a long and thick tube and insert it in the ass of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the ass with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out
  3. shaft or calamus of a feather

Related terms

References

  • canudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • canuto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • canudo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • canuto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • canudo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • canuto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “canuto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

canudo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese canudo, corresponding to cano +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧nu‧do

Noun

canudo m (plural canudos)

  1. tube, pipe
  2. (Brazil) drinking straw (small hollow tube through which drink is sucked)
    Synonym: (Portugal) palhinha
  3. (informal) diploma

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cānūtus. By surface analysis, cana +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnudo/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: ca‧nu‧do

Adjective

canudo (feminine canuda, masculine plural canudos, feminine plural canudas)

  1. (obsolete) grey-haired

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