alfiestra

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Mozarabic *alfenestra, from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alfiˈɛstɾa̝/

Noun

alfiestra f (plural alfiestras)

  1. needle eye
    Synonyms: fiestra, ollo
  2. (nautical) eye in the rudderhead, for attaching the tiller

References
  • “alfiestra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “alfiestra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “alfiestra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Corriente, Federico (2008), “alfiestra”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 110
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