gavela

Galician

Etymology

From the same origin that Spanish gavilla and French javelle. Perhaps ultimately from a Celtic language (compare Welsh gafael).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈβɛ.la/

Noun

gavela f (plural gavelas)

gavel (a small heap of grain not tied up into a bundle)
Synonym: pabea
a heap of brushwood
Synonym: pabea
(by extension) sheaf; bundle of twigs or stalks
Synonyms: feixe, mollo, monllo

References

“gauela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“gavela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“gavela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“gavela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈvɛ.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈvɛ.lɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈbɛ.lɐ/ [ɡɐˈβɛ.lɐ]

Hyphenation: ga‧ve‧la

Noun

gavela f (plural gavelas)

sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)

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