tallaplomes

Verb-object compound, composed of talla (“to cut”) +‎ plomes (“quills”), because the original use was cutting and sharpening quills for writing.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌta.ʎəˈplo.məs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌta.ʎaˈplo.mes]

tallaplomes m (invariable)

1. penknife

   Synonym: trempaplomes

• navalla

• “tallaplomes”, 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