tesoiras
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tesoiras f pl (plural only)
- scissors, shears
- 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:
- dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar
- two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a knife for cutting
Hypernyms edit
References edit
- “tixeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tesoiras” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tesoira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
tesoiras f