palangana

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palangana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganes)

washbasin
Synonym: rentamans

Further reading

“palangana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Mopan Maya .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /palanˈɡana/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: pa‧lan‧ga‧na

Noun

palangana f (plural palanganas)

basin, washbowl, vat

Descendants

→ Catalan: palangana
→ Cebuano: palanggana (“washbasin”)
→ Tagalog: palanggana (“washbasin”)
→ Ye'kwana: jadankana

References

Verbeeck, Lieve (1998): Linguistic Acculturation in Mopan Maya: A Study of Language Change in Belizan Mopan Due to Spanish and English Culture and Language Contact, p. 67

Further reading

“palangana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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