corretgeta

From corretja +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.rəˈd͡ʒɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.rəˈd͡ʒə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.reˈd͡ʒe.ta]

corretgeta f (plural corretgetes)

1. diminutive of corretja (“strap”)
2. girdle (ring of removed bark on a tree being killed by girdling)
3. A children's game similar to hide the handkerchief in which the player who finds the handkerchief is allowed to whip the other players with it.

• campaneta la ning-ning

• “corretgeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007