panasco

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Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since circa 1750. Perhaps from pano +‎ -asco.[1] Alternatively, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (moist; wet; mud; swamp; water).

Pronunciation

Noun

panasco m (plural panascos)

  1. turf
    • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:
      Corría por aquel monte tripando toxos, carrascos, e levantaba panascos que lexos guindaba atrás
      He ran around that hill treading gorses, heathers, and drawing turfs that he tossed far back
  2. grass; meadow

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