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Spanish
Etymology
Probably from earlier *carrancula (compare dialectal Spanish carrancha (“dog collar with spikes”)[1]), a metathesized form of (Latin) *carcannula, ultimately from carcannum.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈlanka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: car‧lan‧ca
Noun
carlanca f (plural carlancas)
- spiky dog collar
References
- ^ David Pharies, Origin of the Spanish -nch- Suffixes (1994, academia.edu), mentions "And. carrancha 'mastiff collar with iron spikes', " (in a list of words with -nch-)
- ^ Iberoromania (in Spanish), 1994, page 33: “carrancha And. n. f. 'carlanca' (Alcalá Venceslada 1951: 136) < *carrancula, prob. a metathesized form of *carcannula < Late Latin carcannum”; see also RAE
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