canle

Galician

Canle

Alternative forms

• cal

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãale, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑnlɪ]

Noun

canle f (plural canles)

1. channel; canal

   Synonym: canal

2. canal; aqueduct

   Synonyms: cal, levada, quenlla

3. mill race; flume

   Synonyms: cal, levada, quenlla

   • c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     A muller do Serafiño
     Por unha pinga rabéa,
     Quérea de cote a probiña,
     E se non bebe, toléa.
     Parece un longo varal,
     tratándose de viño,
     Gorxa tan ancha ela mostra
     Com’a canle dun bô muíño.
     Pro, se non vai por azumbres,
     Logo dí qu’é pouquiniño.

     Serafin's wife
     for a drop rages;
     she wants it all the time, poor thing,
     and if she doesn't drink she goes mad.
     She seems a long rod,
     but when it is about wine,
     she shows a gorge as wide
     as the flume of a good mill.
     But, if it doesn't come by gallons,
     soon she said that it is too little.

4. ditch
5. (figuratively) something used as a diffusion medium or to connect other things

Derived terms

• Canle

References

• “cãale” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “caal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “canle” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “canle” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canle” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.