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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