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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese escanla, from Latin scandula. Cognate with Spanish escaña.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkana/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧na
Noun
escana f (plural escanas)
- emmer; hulled wheat
- Synonyms: espelta, melga
- awn
- Synonym: aresta
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “scanl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escándea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN