canizo

See also: cañizo

Galician

Galician carro with a mounted canizo (wattled lateral)

Canastro, cabazo, canizo

Alternative forms

• caínzo, caízo, queínzo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese caniço, from Vulgar Latin *cannicium, from canna (“reed, cane”). Cognate with Portuguese caniço, Spanish cañizo, Catalan canyís.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈniθo̝/, (western) /kaˈniso̝/

Noun

canizo m (plural canizos)

1. wattle (a construction of branches and twigs woven together)
   1. lateral wall of a cart or wagon

      Synonym: ladral

   2. wattle which, hanging horizontally from the kitchen's ceiling, near or over the fireplace, is used to dry and preserve chestnuts, chourizos and other foods, whilst preventing the sparks of reaching the ceiling
   3. small wattled granary

      Synonym: cabazo

   4. (regional, by extension) granary

      Synonym: hórreo

   5. wattle used to level the ground

Derived terms

• caniceira
• caniza
• canizada
• Canizo

References

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