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Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Vulgar Latin *clavicla, from Latin clāvicula. Compare Portuguese chavelha. Doublet of clavícula.
Pronunciation
Noun
chavella f (plural chavellas)
- drawbar, peg, etc, used to join a plough to a yoke, or in general any two elements together
- 1280, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1090:
- Et disso demayz que este Fernan Eanes foy a o agro en que anda semeando esse Pedro Eanes et tirou a chavella a o arado et adussollos ata Montogo et leyxoulo en Montogo
- He also said that this Fernán Eanes went to the field that Pedro Eanes was working, and he pulled out the drawbar of the plough, and he took it to Montoxo and left it there
- Synonyms: chavello, chavellón, pígaro
- bolt for securing doors or windows
- Synonym: tarabelo
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chave lla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chavella”, 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), “chavella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chavella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN