piporonan

piporonan

English Translation: spool; reel; winding holder

Part of Speech: noun; instrument

English Definition:
An object, implement, or core around which thread, twine, string, fishing line, fiber, or similar flexible material is wound and kept in an orderly coil; especially a spool.

Semantic Domain: Tools and equipment; Fiber and textiles

Morphology:
Productive derivative of poron, with pi- … -an forming an instrument-associated nominal.

I would keep the segmentation provisionally as pi- + poron + -an unless your broader corpus shows that pi-…-an has a more specifically defined function in this construction.

Semantic Note:
Distinguished from poronan:

• poronan — where the winding activity takes place
• piporonan — what the material is wound onto

Thus, piporonan lexicalizes the instrument/support, while poronan lexicalizes the locus.

Related Words:
poron — Derived from
poronan — See also