garabito

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a substrate language, perhaps from the same origin that carba and carballo; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós (compare Latin curvus, "bent").[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ɡaɾaˈbito/ [ɡɑ.ɾaˈβ̞i.t̪ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ħaɾaˈbito/ [ħɑ.ɾaˈβ̞i.t̪ʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ra‧bi‧to

Noun

garabito m (plural garabitos)

  1. a small twig
    Synonyms: cambito, garabato, garabizo
  2. hook
    Synonyms: cambito, garabato
  3. pitchfork
    Synonyms: forca, galleta, garabato

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991), “garabato”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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