fouciño

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Galician

Fouciño

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From fouce (sickle) +‎ -iño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fowˈθiɲo̝/, (western) /fowˈsiɲo̝/

Noun

fouciño m (plural fouciños)

  1. sickle (diminutive of fouce)
    • 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
      tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas
      thee toothed sickles, and two sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three long sickles, and two cowbells

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