garfo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (pen, stylus), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō), influenced by garfa (claw), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا‎ (handful), from Arabic غُرْفَة‎ (ḡurfa, cup or dipper).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾfo̝/

Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)

  1. fork (eating utensil)
  2. hook
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:
      deuen sutilmente tallar o coiro ao llongo et desy a carne ata a que chege aa llandooa ou ao uerme, et pois que a acharen deuenlla fillar con garffe de fero
      they should subtly cut the [horse's] skin along, and then also the meat, till they came to the growth or the sickness; and as soon as they find it they should grab it with an iron hook
    Synonym: gancho
  3. gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon
    Synonym: francada
  4. twig
    Synonym: ganzo
  5. twig of a bunch of grapes
    Synonym: cangallo
  6. (horticulture) cutting, slip; shoot
    • 1404, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 94:
      et que poñades no dito lugar doσe aruores preſas de garfos τ de reyσ
      and you shall plant in that place twelve [chestnut] trees, with their shoots and roots grounded
  7. hangnail

Derived terms

References

  • garfio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • garf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • garfo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • garfio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • garfo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • garfo” 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. garra.

Portuguese

garfo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese garfio, from Latin graphium.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾ.fu/
  • Hyphenation: gar‧fo

Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)

  1. fork (eating utensil)
  2. pitchfork (farm tool)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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