gavela

Galician

Etymology

From the same origin that Spanish gavilla and French javelle. Perhaps ultimately from a Celtic language (compare Welsh gafael).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈβɛ.la/

Noun

gavela f (plural gavelas)

1. gavel (a small heap of grain not tied up into a bundle)

   Synonym: pabea

2. a heap of brushwood

   Synonym: pabea

3. (by extension) sheaf; bundle of twigs or stalks

   Synonyms: feixe, mollo, monllo

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvɛ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈbɛ.lɐ/ [ɡɐˈβɛ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: ga‧ve‧la

Noun

gavela f (plural gavelas)

1. sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)