pebida

Galician

Alternative forms

  • pebide, pepida, píbeda, pibida, pibide, píboda

Etymology

From Late Latin pipita, from pituita (pip). Cognate with Portuguese pevide and Spanish pepita.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈβiða̝/

Noun

pebida f (plural pebidas)

  1. pip; hardening of the tip of the tongue of a chicken or hen
  2. gold nugget
    Synonym: baluz
  3. stone (of a fruit); pippin
    Synonym: croia
  4. extreme of the axle which stands out of the wheel

Derived terms

References

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