foucegata

Galician

Etymology

fouce (“sickle”) +‎ gata (“cat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fowθeˈɣatɐ]

Noun

foucegata m (plural foucegatas)

1. a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants

   Synonym: bisarma

References

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