camàlic

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ligurian camali, plural of camalo, from Arabic حَمَّال (ḥammāl, “porter”). Cognate with Italian camallo (“longshoreman”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈma.lik]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kaˈma.lik]

Noun

camàlic m (plural camàlics)

porter
Synonym: bastaix

Further reading

“camàlic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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