subela

Galician

Alternative forms

• xubela

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese sovela), from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, diminutive form of Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈbɛla/ [s̺uˈβ̞ɛ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: su‧be‧la

Noun

subela f (plural subelas)

1. awl
2. (figurative) nosy

References

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