pitela
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Either from pito + -ela, or related to French petit.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pitela m (plural pitelas)
- splinter
- sliver
- Synonym: guizo
- (games) game similar to pitching pennies where players throw coins at a grounded sliver
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pitela”, 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), “pitela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pitela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pito”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos