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gaita

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See also: Gaita, gaiță, and Gaiță

Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaita/, [ˈɡai̯.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -aita
  • Hyphenation: gai‧ta

Noun

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gaita f (plural gaites)

  1. (music) bagpipes

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gaita f (plural gaites)

  1. bagpipes
    Synonym: cornamusa

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Further reading

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Galician

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A Galician gaita ("bagpipe")
Reproduction of a 13th century gaita

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gaita f (plural gaitas)

  1. (music) bagpipes
  2. (figurative) 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

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gaita”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Latvian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go, step), related to the past tense of iet.

Noun

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gaita f (4th declension)

  1. course
  2. process
  3. gait

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡaj.tɐ/ [ˈɡaɪ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡaj.ta/ [ˈɡaɪ̯.ta]

Noun

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gaita f (plural gaitas)

  1. (music) bagpipes
    Synonym: gaita de foles
  2. harmonica (wind instrument)
    Synonyms: gaita de boca, gaita de beiços, harmónica
  3. (South Brazil) accordion
    Synonyms: acordeão, concertina, (Rio Grande do Sul) cordeona, sanfona
  4. (slang) money; cash; dough
  5. (vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

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Verb

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gaita

  1. inflection of gaitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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Probably from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, goat).[1][2] More at Portuguese gaita.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaita/ [ˈɡai̯.t̪a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aita
  • Syllabification: gai‧ta

Noun

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gaita f (plural gaitas)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ gaita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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