gavela
Galician
Etymology
From the same origin that Spanish gavilla and French javelle. Perhaps ultimately from a Celtic language (compare Welsh gafael).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.ˈβɛ.la/
Noun
gavela f (plural gavelas)
- gavel (a small heap of grain not tied up into a bundle)
- Synonym: pabea
- a heap of brushwood
- Synonym: pabea
- (by extension) sheaf; bundle of twigs or stalks
- Synonyms: feixe, mollo, monllo
References
- “gauela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “gavela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gavela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gavela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Noun
gavela f (plural gavelas)
- sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)