guedella

Galician

Alternative forms
  • gadella

Etymology

Att. 13th century. Probably from Latin viticula, diminutive of vītis (“vine”), under the influence of a descendant of Proto-Germanic *wiþiz (“cord, rope, thong”). Cognate with Portuguese guedelha and Spanish guedeja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈðeʎa̝/

Noun

guedella f (plural guedellas)

  1. lock (a tuft or length of hair)
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 660:
      cõ duzentos caualeyros negros com̃o ela et todos trosquiados, senõ senllas guedellas que tragiã ençima das cabeças
      with two hundred knights, black as herself, all of them shaved except for a pair of locks that they brought in the top of their heads
    Synonym: crecha
  2. shag (rough, massed hair)
    Synonym: greña
  3. (figuratively, in the plural) mane
    Synonym: greña

Derived terms
  • guedellas
  • guedelludo

References
  • “guedella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “guedel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “guedella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “guedella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “guedella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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