coitela

Galician

Alternative forms

  • cuitela, cutela, cutiela

Etymology

Attested since circa 1370. From coitelo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kojˈtɛlɐ]

Noun

coitela f (plural coitelas)

  1. blade
    • 1859, J. Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:
      ¿Galicia? ... ¿Ónd'stá? ¿Ónde vai a nosa fermosa e podente Galicia? ¿Ónde pára? ¿ónde? aquela casta d'héroes fartos qu'o mesmo tremaron as follas das súas coitelas diante das naceós veciñas, acoradas, escorrentadas, por os bárbaros e a mouramia
      Galicia? Where are you? What have become of our beauty a strong Galicia? Where it is now? Where that lineage of lavish heroes who waved their blades before the neighbouring nations, frightened, driven away by the barbarians and the Moors?
  2. billhook

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