cambito

Galician

Alternative forms

• gambito

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From *cambittus, from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑmˈbitʊ]

Noun

cambito m (plural cambitos)

1. hook (specifically, a wooden hook, or a naturally hooked stick)

   Synonyms: gancho, garabito

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 88:

     Et tomarõ das láás dos gãados et dos cabelos das bestas pera fazer delo de vestir, et começarõ de fazer das lãas lyñas et torçerlas cõ cambitos de fustes torçidos em cada hũ dos cabos, et ajuntãdo hũas lyñas cõ as outras enlaçauanas hũas ontre as outras, et teçiam las cõ os dedos et cõ fustes cõmo mellor podiam

     And they took of the wools of the cattle and of the hairs of the horses for making with it wearables; and they began by making threads of the wools, twisting them with hooks of woods crooked in every extreme; and joining some threads with others they linked one in another, and they wove them with their fingers and with woods as well as they could

2. a double hooked implement used for attaching a tool or a pair of oxen to a yoke

   Synonym: gabito

Related terms

• cambiar
• canga

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cambito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cambito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cambito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cambito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cambito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Verb

cambītō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of cambiō