gaita

Asturian

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gaita

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Etymology

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaita/,
• Rhymes: -aita
• Hyphenation: gai‧ta

Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)

1. (music) bagpipes

Derived terms

• gaiteru

Catalan

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gaita

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Etymology

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)

1. bagpipes

   Synonym: cornamusa

Derived terms

• gaiter

Further reading

• “gaita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain; likely from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits. See gaita for other proposals.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipes
2. (figurative) penis

   Non me toque'la gaita!

   Don't play the bagpipe for me! / Don't touch my penis! / Stop harassing me!

   • Traditional:

     A muller do gaiteriño

     muller de moita fortuna

     ela toca duas gaitas

     outras non tocan ningunha

     The bagpiper's wife,

     a woman with much fortune,

     she plays two bagpipes,

     others don't play not even one

Derived terms

• gaita grileira (“a bagpipe tuned in D”)
• gaita redonda (“a large bagpipe tuned in C”)
• gaita tombal (“a bagpipe tuned in B flat and built with two drones”)
• gaiteiro (“bagpiper”)
• Gaiteiro, a surname

See also

• gaita on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “gayteyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “gaita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gaita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gaita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go, step”), related to the past tense of iet.

Noun

gaita f (4th declension)

1. course
2. process
3. gait

Declension

Portuguese

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gaita

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Etymology 1

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits, with semantic shift due to bagpipes being made of goat skin;
• Ottoman Turkish (Turkish gayda), from Bulgarian гайда (gajda), possibly via Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa);
• Old Galician-Portuguese guaita, from Proto-Germanic *wahta;
• from the same root as Spanish gayo;
• Hausa algaita, via a Berber language;
• Suevic.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipes

   Synonym: gaita-de-foles

2. harmonica (wind instrument)

   Synonyms: gaita-de-boca, gaita-de-beiços, harmónica

3. (South Brazil) accordion

   Synonyms: acordeão, concertina, (Rio Grande do Sul) cordeona, sanfona

4. (slang) money; cash; dough
5. (vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

Verb

gaita

1. inflection of gaitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”). More at Portuguese gaita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaita/

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aita
• Syllabification: gai‧ta

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipes
2. (colloquial) tripe, nonsense
3. gullet
4. (colloquial) gullet (neck)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “gaita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014