pitela
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Either from pito + -ela, or related to French petit.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pitela m (plural pitelas)
- splinter
- sliver
- Synonym: guizo
- (games) game similar to pitching pennies where players throw coins at a grounded sliver
References edit
- “pitela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pitela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pitela” 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) “pito”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos