Feminine

canga

Meaning

  1. (feminine) carrying pole, milkmaid's yoke
  2. (feminine) yoke
  3. (Brazil, feminine) pareo

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɐ̃.ɡɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Gaulish *cambica "bent log", derivative of cambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Occitan chambijo (“plough beam”).

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