Gaiga

See also: gáigá

Italian

Etymology

From Cimbrian gàige (“bagpipes”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bagpipes player.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaj.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ajɡa
  • Hyphenation: Gài‧ga

Proper noun

Gaiga m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Cimbrian

References

  1. ^ Giulia Mastrelli Anzilotti, I toponimi e i cognomi cimbri di Noriglio nel roveretano, p. 160

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.