gabita
Galician edit
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Etymology edit
From Suevic [Term?] or Gothic; ultimately, related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”). Compare gabear (“to climb”).[1]
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Noun edit
gabita f (plural gabitas)
- long shafted hook used to attach an additional pair of animals to a kart or plough
- plover
- Synonym: píllara
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References edit
- “gabita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “gabita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gabita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gabita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilán”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos