fouce
Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fouce (attested in the Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin falx, falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”). Cognate with Portuguese foice, Asturian foz, Spanish hoz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfowθe̝/, (western) /ˈfowse̝/
Noun
fouce f (plural fouces)
- a strong sickle usually provided with a large handle
- 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
- tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas
- thee sickles, and two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three long sickles, and two cowbells
- tres fouçiñas, e dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquas
- 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
- scythe
- Synonym: gadaña
Derived terms
- fouce rozadoira
- fouciño
References
- "fouce" in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “fouc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “fouç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “fouce” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “fouce” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “fouce” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfow.sɨ/, /ˈfo.sɨ/
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