cincho

Galician

Alternative forms

• zuncho

Etymology

From Old Galician *çinllo (çinlla attested since the 13th century), from Latin cingulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθint͡ʃo̝/, (western) /ˈsint͡ʃo̝/

Noun

cincho m (plural cinchos)

1. iron girdle, belt, hoop or clamp

Derived terms

• cincha (“girth”)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “inll”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zuncho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cingulum, through a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *cinglum, with palatalization of the 'l'. However, this phonetic evolution for Spanish presents difficulties to some linguists, who prefer a Vulgar Latin form *cinctulum, influenced by cinctum, the supine of the related verb cingō (or possibly a derivation from cinctum or cinctus itself). Doublet of cello (“hoop used to hold together staves in a barrel”), ceño (“circle or hoop that girds or surrounds something”), and cejo (“binding of esparto grass used to secure bundles”), which were also inherited or came from dialectal variants undergoing different sound changes and slightly different semantic developments; also doublet of cíngulo (“belt or girdle used by priests”), which was a later borrowing.

Noun

cincho m (plural cinchos)

1. belt
2. girdle

Synonyms

• cinturón m
• faja

Related terms

• cincha