subela

Galician

Alternative forms
  • xubela

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese sovela), from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, diminutive form of Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suˈβɛla̝/

Noun

subela f (plural subelas)

  1. awl
  2. (figurative) nosy

References
  • “subela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “subela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “subela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “subela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “enjullo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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