chaira
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Galician
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From proto-Galician *chãaira, from Latin plānāria (“planar”), from Latin plānus (“flat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chaira m (plural chairas)
- (geography) plain
- (geography) plateau; esplanade
- (tools) sharpener; honing steel
- Synonym: aguzadoira
- (tools) knife used by shoemakers
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: chaira
Adjective
[edit]chaira
- feminine singular of chairo
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chaira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chaira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chaira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Shona
[edit]Verb
[edit]-chaira (infinitive kuchaira)
- Alternative form of -tyaira
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]chaira f (plural chairas)
- knife used by shoemakers
- sharpening steel
- (colloquial) knife; blade (in general)
Further reading
[edit]- “chaira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Galician terms inherited from Latin
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- Galician non-lemma forms
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