tesoiras
Galician
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Etymology
Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.
Pronunciation
Noun
tesoiras f pl
- scissors, shears
- 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:
- dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar
- two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a a knife for cutting
- dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar
- 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:
Hypernyms
References
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- “tesoira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Noun
tesoiras f
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