gadoupa
Galician
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Cat's pouta or gadoupa
Alternative forms
- gazoupa
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a composite of Germanic *ga- with another term.[1] Compare gaspeto, agasallar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡaˈðowpɐ]
Noun
gadoupa f (plural gadoupas)
- paw
- Synonym: pouta
- claw
- 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:
- Botalle logo a gadoupa
- como fai coa pomba o azór,
- Then it throws the claw to him
- as with the dove does the goshawk
- 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:
- (figuratively) big, dull, clumsy hand
References
- “gadoupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gadoupa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gadoupa” 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), “guadaña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos