subela

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?] (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
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• “subela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.