agaitar

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan agoaitar,^[1] from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).

• IPA^(key): /aɣajˈtaɾ/

agaitar (first-person singular present agaito, first-person singular preterite agaitei, past participle agaitado)

1. to watch, to spy

• guaita (“Shore rockling”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agaitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “agaitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agaitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN