canipa
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; perhaps from a Germanic language, compare Dutch knippen (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]canipa f (plural canipas)
- branch, twig, especially when used as firewood
- 1895, Xesús Rodríguez López, Cousas das mulleres:
- xuntando unhas canipas puso as pallas baixo delas asta que prendeu o lume
- putting together some twigs, he put the straws under them until the fire started