gaita

See also: gaiță

Asturian

Etymology

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)

1. (music) bagpipes

Derived terms

• gaiteru

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Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡaj.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡaj.ta]

Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)

1. (music) bagpipes

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Galician

A Galician gaita ("bagpipe")

Reproduction of a 13th century gaita

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡajta̝/

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

1. (music) bagpipe.
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

• 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

See also

• gaita on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “gaita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gaita f (plural s)

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

Synonyms

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

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

Derived terms

• gaitero
• ni gaitas
• soplagaitas
• templar gaitas