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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 13th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ca, non.
- than
- Eu son máis rápida ca non ti ― I'm faster than you
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 105:
- os catiuos mays querem a morte ca nõ a vida que an
- prisoners rather prefer death than the life they have
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 510:
- et começou a batalla outra uez muy de rrigio, mays ca non antes
- and the battle began again very toughly, more than before
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ca non”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ca non”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega