binguelete

Galician
binguelete ("gimlet")

Etymology

15th century. From Old French guimbelet (“drill”), ultimately of Germanic origin (compare English wimble). Cognate with English gimlet.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biŋɡeˈlete̝/

Noun

binguelete m (plural bingueletes)

  1. gimlet; a smallish drill
    • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, 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 gimlets; item, two handsaws

References
  • “binguelete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “binguelete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “binguelete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “miguelete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “guimbalete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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