pernil
Galician
/pɛɾˈnil/
noun
Definitions
- ham (meat from the thigh of quadrupeds)
Etymology
Derived from Latin perna (leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham).
Origin
Latin
perna
Gloss
leg, a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb, haunch, clam, mussel, ham, heel, pearl, haunch of ham
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
珠