tarabela
Galician
Etymology 1
15th century. From Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɾaˈβɛla̝/
Noun
tarabela f (plural tarabelas)
- (tool) gimlet, auger, drill
- 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:
- iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao
- item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two small drills; item, two handsaws
- iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao
- Synonyms: binguelete, trade
- 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:
- by extension, windmill blades or some other traditional devices composed by an axis and blades
- device composed by an axis, blades and a tin, used as a scarecrow through the percussion of the wind moved blades and the tin
- (figuratively) a fool; someone who changes his mind all the time
Derived terms
- tarabelo
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”); cognate with Portuguese tagarela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɾaˈβɛla̝/
Noun
tarabela m (plural f)
References
- “tarabela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “tarabela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “tarabela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “tarabela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tarabela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tarabela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. taladro.
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