gabita

Galician

Alternative forms

  • gabito

Etymology

From Suevic [Term?] or Gothic; ultimately, related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (fork). Compare gabear (to climb).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈβita̝/

Noun

gabita f (plural gabitas)

  1. long shafted hook used to attach an additional pair of animals to a kart or plough
    Synonyms: cambito, cambo, soliño
  2. plover
    Synonym: píllara

Derived terms

  • agabitar
  • engabitar

References

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