tilla

Galician

In this cart's wheel a thin tilla has been inserted in between the axle and the wheel proper

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiʎa̝/

Etymology 1

From Latin tigilla (“small piece of wood”).

Noun

tilla f (plural tillas)

1. linchpin (wedge used to reinforce the union of the wheel and the axle's extreme) of a traditional Galician cart

Related terms

• entillar
• tillar

Etymology 2

From Old French, from Old Norse þilja (“board, plank”). Cognate of French tillac (“upper deck”) and English thill.

Noun

tilla f (plural tillas)

1. (nautical) storeroom; berth
2. (nautical) deck

Related terms

• tillado
• tillar

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

tilla f (plural tillas)

1. a heap of bush and leaf litter
2. ashes produced by the combustion of bush and leaf litter

Related terms

• tilleiro
• tillar

Etymology 4

Verb

tilla

1. inflection of tillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “tilla” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tilla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tilla (cuña)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tilla (do barco)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tilla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tilla

1. simple past of tillegge

Uzbek

Noun

tilla (plural tillalar)

1. gold

   Synonym: oltin

Related terms

• tillakor (“gilder”)
• tillakori (“gilding”)