canela

See also: Canela

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”). Cognate with Portuguese canela and Spanish canilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛla̝/

Noun

canela m (plural canelas)

1. cane or pipe
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 254:

     Et aquel jnstrumẽto cõ que tangia Mercurio era nouo, et avia em el sete canelas

     That instrument Mercury was playing with was new, and it has seven pipes in it

2. shin
3. shinbone
4. leg (of a sock)
5. cinnamon

Derived terms

• Canelas
• Caneliñas

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
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• “canela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin canella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/

Noun

canela f (plural s)

1. cinnamon (spice)
2. shin

Related terms

• caneleira

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnela/ [kaˈne.la]

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canela, from Latin canella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”).

Adjective

canela f

1. feminine singular of canelo

Noun

canela f (plural canelas)

1. cinnamon

Derived terms

• ser canela en rama

 

Related terms

• canal
• canilla
• caña
• cañón
• cannoli