canivete
Galician
Etymology
15th century. Borrowed from Old French cnivet (“little knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (“to pinch”).
The meaning "cane","rocket", was transferred from the group cana, canavela, canaveira, "cane".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kaniˈβetɪ]
Noun
canivete m (plural canivetes)
- knife, penknife
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:
- Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo
- when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife
- 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI., Vigo: Galaxia, page 172:
- e hus canibetes novos
- and some new knives
- cane
- rocket
- (euphemistic, humorous) sexual intercourse
Synonyms
- (sex): foguete
Derived terms
- botar un canivete (“to have sex”, literally “to throw a rocket”)
Related terms
- Canive
References
- “canibete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “canivete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “canivete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “canivete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cañivete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Etymology
From to Old French canivet (“little knife”), from Frankish *knīf (“knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”), from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-. Compare French canif.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.niˈvɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.niˈvɛ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.niˈvɛ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.niˈbɛ.tɨ/ [kɐ.niˈβɛ.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ni‧ve‧te
Hypernyms
Descendants
- Hunsrik: Kanivett
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