foucegata

Galician

Etymology

fouce (“sickle”) +‎ gata (“cat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fowθeˈɣatɐ]

Noun

foucegata m (plural foucegatas)

1. a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants

   Synonym: bisarma

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foucegata”, 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), “foucegata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foucegata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN