tesoiras

Attested from 1402. Plural of tesoira, from Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

• IPA^(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/

tesoiras f pl

1. scissors, shears
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:

     dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar

     two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a a knife for cutting

• ferramenta

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

tesoiras f

1. plural of tesoira