garfi

Inherited from Old Catalan grafi, from Latin graphium (“stylus”). Influenced by garfir (“to seize with claws”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡar.fi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡaɾ.fi]

garfi m (plural garfis)

1. hook (rod bent into a curved shape)

   Synonym: ganxo

2. (botany) tendril

• garfinyar

• “garfi”, 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