Masculí

saín

(Anglès)

  1. (masculine) fish oil, which was used for lighting
  2. (masculine) lard; rendered lard

Freqüència

A2
Amb guionet com a
sa‧ín
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/saˈin/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *sagīnum, from Latin sagīna. To explain the absence of a final vowel, Coromines posits a borrowing from either Leonese, where /-inu/ > /-in/ is common, or Aragonese, where loss of final /o/ is common.

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