The Latin Neuter Plurals in Romance - Page ON

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feminines; examples are It. tegolo, Prov. teule, Sp. tejo, Ptg. telho.)
As I suggested in the case of -ORIU and -ORIA, it seems to me likely that
parallel forms in -ARIU and -ARIA were created at the Latin stage; so Portuguese
has both peneiro and peneira ‘sieve’ from *PINNARIU, -IA × PANN- (so the
REW, without giving any gloss or explanation), while PANARIU, -IA
‘bread–basket(s)’ (which I overlooked when preparing the relevent section, see
§12b) appear variously as words for ‘basket’ in Surs. paner, panera, Fr. panier,
panière (dial.), Occ. paniè, paniero (whence It. paniere, paniera), Cat. paner,
panera, Sp. panera, Ptg. paneiro (with n reintroduced), Log. panardza. We have
also had occasion to note other parallel masculine and feminine forms in Latin,
such as SPICU, SPICA and SPINU, SPINA, which have come down to Romance,
sometimes with certain adjustments in their roles (e.g. Ptg. espinho means a
‘thorn’). Other such are SITULU, SITULA ‘bucket’, which have given It. secchio,
secchia, V. Gard. sedla, Friul. sele, Fr. seil (Poit.), seille, Prov. selh, selha, Ptg.
selha, and late CAPPELLU ‘head covering’, CAPPELLA ‘little cape’, which have
given the various words for ‘hat’ and ‘chapel’ (the original sanctuary being
devoted to the preservation of the cloak (“cappella”) of St. Martin), together
with *BANCU and *BANCA from Germanic, which have given the various words
for ‘bench’ and ‘(money)bank’ (with varying distribution of meaning), so It.,
Sp., Ptg. banco, banca, Surs. baun, banca, UEng. baunch, bauncha, banca,
LEng. banc, banca, Fr. banc, banque, Occ. banc, banco, Cat. banc, banca.
Another pair, formed independently of each other, is MANICUS (once in a gloss)
‘handle’ and MANICA ‘sleeve’, which are widely found: Rum. mânecă, (but
mâner for ‘handle’), It. manico, manica, Surs. moni, mongia, UEng. manch,
mangia, LEng. monch, mongia, Fr. manche masc. and fem., Prov.
man(e)gue/margue, man(e)ga/marga, Cat. mànec, mànega/màniga, Sp., Ptg.
mango, manga, Sard. (Cent.) manika, (Log., Camp.) maniga in both senses, but
Sass. mániggu, Gall. mániku for ‘handle’.