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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese sovela), from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, diminutive form of Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”).
Pronunciation
Noun
subela f (plural subelas)
- awl
- (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.