subela

Galician

Alternative forms

• xubela

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese sovela), from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, diminutive form of Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈβɛla̝/

Noun

subela f (plural subelas)

1. awl
2. (figurative) nosy

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “subela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “subela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “subela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “subela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.