cangia

See also: cangiâ

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.d͡ʒa/, [ˈkän̺ʲd͡ʒä]
• Rhymes: -andʒa
• Hyphenation: càn‧gia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَنْجَة (qanja), shortened from Ottoman Turkish قانجه‌باش (kancabaş, “ship of a curved prow”) from قانجه (kanca, “hook”) +‎ باش (baş, “prow”), so called because of its prow being curved like a hook.

Alternative forms

• canga (erroneous)

Noun

cangia f (plural cange or cangie)

1. A kind of sailing boat of up to two masts used for housing and for pleasure-trips.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cangia

1. inflection of cangiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• cangia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana