piteira

English

Noun

piteira

1. The plant Furcraea foetida.

Galician

Etymology

From pito (“chick”), pita (“chicken, hen”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtejɾa̝/

Noun

piteira m (plural piteiras)

1. wickerwork basket or cage used for raising chicken
2. a bait for catching cuttlefish or squids

   Synonym: choqueira

3. agave (Agave americana)

Related terms

• pita
• Piteira
• pito

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “piteir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piteira”, 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), “piteira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “piteira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN