piteira
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]piteira
- The plant Furcraea foetida.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pito (“chick”), pita (“chicken, hen”) + -eira.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]piteira m (plural piteiras)
- wickerwork basket or cage used for raising chicken
- a bait for catching cuttlefish or squids
- Synonym: choqueira
- agave (Agave americana)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “piteir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piteira”, 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), “piteira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “piteira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN