garabito

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate language, perhaps from the same origin that carba and carballo; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós (compare Latin curvus, "bent").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾaˈβuʎo̝/

Noun

garabito m (plural garabitos)

1. a small twig

   Synonyms: cambito, garabato, garabizo

2. hook

   Synonyms: cambito, garabato

3. pitchfork

   Synonyms: forca, galleta, garabato

Derived terms

• engarabitar

Related terms

• garabato
• garabizo
• garabullo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garau”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garabito”, 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), “garabito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garabito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN