cuitelo

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Galician

Noun

cuitelo m (plural cuitelos)

  1. Alternative form of coitelo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cultellus.

Noun

cuitelo m (plural cuitelos)

  1. knife
    Synonym: faca
    • 1466, Xesús Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, page 194:
      Ano de LXVI, XI de junio, en Orense, Juan Telo, notario, vesino da dita çidade, se obligó de pagar a Afonso Lopes, canónigo, quando fose julgado, se morrese o seu mulo do dito Afonso Lopes, por quanto ------- fillo de Catalina Touciña, de Niñodáguia, lle corta o carallo con un coytelo podadoyro.
      year of 1466, June 11, in Ourense: Xoán Tello, notario, neighbour of said city, promised to pay to Afonso López, canon, whenever he was judged, in case the mule of said Afonso López happens to die, because -----, son of Catalina Touciña, from Niñodaguia, cut his penis with a pruning knife.

Descendants

  • Galician: coitelo
  • Portuguese: cutelo

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Noun

cuitelo m (plural cuitelos)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of cutelo