gaita

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

gaita f (plural gaites)

1. (music) bagpipes

• gaiteru

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaj.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaj.ta/

gaita f (plural gaites)

1. (music) bagpipes

Uncertain; likely from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits.[1] See gaita for other proposals.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡajta̝/

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipe.
2. (figuratively) penis.

   Non me toque'la gaita!

   Don't play the bagpipe for me! / Don't touch my penis! / Stop harassing me!

   • Traditional:

     A muller do gaiteriño

     muller de moita fortuna

     ela toca duas gaitas

     outras non tocan ningunha

     The bagpiper's wife,

     a woman with much fortune,

     she plays two bagpipes,

     others don't play not even one

• gaita grileira (“a bagpipe tuned in D”)
• gaita redonda (“a large bagpipe tuned in C”)
• gaita tombal (“a bagpipe tuned in B flat and built with two drones”)
• gaiteiro (“bagpiper”)
• Gaiteiro, a surname

• gaita on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• “gayteyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gaita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gaita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gaita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits, with semantic shift due to bagpipes being made of goat skin;
• Ottoman Turkish (Turkish gayda), from Bulgarian гайда (gajda), possibly via Arabic غَيْطَة‎ (ḡayṭa);
• Old Portuguese guaita, from Proto-Germanic *wahta;
• from the same root as Spanish gayo;
• Hausa algaita, via a Berber language;
• Suevic.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaj.tɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaj.ta]

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipes
2. harmonica (wind instrument)
3. (South Brazil) accordion

• (bagpipes): gaita-de-foles
• (harmonica): gaita-de-boca, harmônica
• (accordion): acordeão, concertina, cordeona (Rio Grande do Sul), sanfona

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipes
2. (colloquial) tripe, nonsense
3. gullet
4. (colloquial) gullet (neck)

• gaitero

• templar gaitas