aixola

Galician

Alternative forms

aixó, aixoa, anxola, eixola

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. From Late Latin asciola, diminutive from Latin ascia (“axe”). Cognate with Portuguese enxó, Spanish azuela. The /l/ is unexpected and may point to analogy with some associated word.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ajˈʃɔla/ [a̠jˈʃɔ.lɐ]
Rhymes: -ɔla
Hyphenation: ai‧xo‧la

Noun

aixola f (plural aixolas)

adze (cutting tool)
- 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:
  quatro traados et hua segur et hua aixola montisca
  four drills and an axe and a forest adze
- 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:
  iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao
  item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “eyxola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “xola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aixola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aixola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aixola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN