subela

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese sovela), from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, diminutive form of Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suˈβɛla̝/

Noun

subela f (plural subelas)

  1. awl
  2. (figuratively) nosy

References
  • “subela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. enjullo.
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