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
• “garabito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “garabito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “garabito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.