The adjective desinquieto, which is used in the Canary Islands with the meanings of mischievous, restless and uneasy and is equivalent to the inquieto of general Spanish, is entirely correct. The prefix des-, which appears first, does not negate, as is usually assumed, the negative content of the prefix in- that appears after it, but reinforces it. On the other hand, it must be taken into account that we are dealing with a Canarianism that probably comes from the Portuguese desinquieto, which is used in the same sense.
Our words
alongar
1. v. To lean the trunk and head forward, moving them far enough away from their vertical position. Also used as prnl. He leaned over the fish tank to see the little fish.
2. v. To project the trunk and head forward, from a high edge and with risk of falling. They say he fell because he leaned too far out the window and lost his balance. Also used as prnl.
3. v. To reach someone an object that is not at hand. Reach me that bottle of wine, I'm going to have a glass.
4. prnl. To approach, to get closer to a place. Go to the hardware store and bring me a kilo of tacks.
amularse
1. prnl. To get angry, stubbornly refusing to speak. Since they called his attention, he got angry and sat on the terrace for more than two hours.
2. prnl. To harden a food that is being cooked due to alterations in its normal cooking. Don't you dare put cold water on the chickpeas that are already boiling, because then they will harden!
3. prnl. Or. To burn badly the fire. If you don't put dry firewood on it, the fire will smolder and the embers won't be made well.
4. prnl. Tf. For a goat or other animal to remain barren.
5. prnl. GC. For a potato plant to be born late, because its seed is not in the same state of ripeness as that of the majority of the plantation.
Information on the location of voices and meanings
Fv: Fuerteventura
GC: Gran Canaria
Go: La Gomera
Hi: El Hierro
LP: La Palma
Lz: Lanzarote
Occ: Western Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro)
Or: Eastern Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria)
Tf: Tenerife
