1º_ Chilenismo for "with wide hips", which is not used in masculine since it always qualifies a woman who stands out for her hips. It comes from the word cancos, which could have a singular, but the RAE does not include it although the original Quechua kankiq ("hip") is in the singular. See suffix -on . 2º_ Common name of the plant Ipomoea aquatica . 3º_ As Mexicanism, it is a threat that is not intended to be fulfilled. Perhaps because of some contact with the previous one, it is the name and the warning for an imaginary being but one that serves to frighten, like a ghost.
