cango

English

Noun

cango (plural cangos or cango)

1. Alternative form of kago, an open Japanese sedan chair
   • 1874, Aimé Humbert, translated by Frances Cashel Hoey et al., Japan and the Japanese Illustrated, page 156:

     There are two sorts of palanquin, the norimon and the cango. The former, which requires four bearers for long journeys, is a large, heavy box, in which one may sit with tolerable comfort. The sides are in lacquered wood, and contain two sliding doors. Although this norimon is, par excellence, the vehicle of the nobility, it admits of no ornaments, and is used by the ladies of the middle class and by the registered courtesans, because both occupy a certain position of fortune and consideration in society. The cango is a light litter of bamboo, open on both sides; it requires only two bearers, who always walk with a rapid and regular step. They rest for one minute out of twenty. When they go back, each carries in his turn the cango, suspended at the end of a pole, over his shoulder.

Galician

9. cangos ("rafters")

Etymology 1

From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *cambica, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋɡo̝/, (western) /ˈkaŋko̝/

Noun

cango m (plural cangos)

1. rafter
   • 1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:

     destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias

     they destroyed many houses and broke many roof tiles, rafters and laths

2. joist
3. log, dead branch
4. bunch of grapes

   Synonyms: bangallo, acio

Derived terms

• cangar
• cangado
• cangaxe

Related terms

• canga

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cango”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cango”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cango”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cango”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cango

1. first-person singular present indicative of cangar