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penell.

weather vane

6 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[pəˈne̞ʎ]Northern[pəˈneʎ]Balearic, Central[peˈneʎ]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. weather vane

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pennellus, masculinized diminutive of penna (“feather, wing”). The failure of Latin /nn/ to yield the expected */ɲ/ in Catalan may be due to palatal dissimilation from the following /ʎ/ < /ll/.

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