gavela

== Galician == === Etymology === From the same origin that Spanish gavilla and French javelle. Perhaps ultimately from a Celtic language (compare Welsh gafael). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.ˈβɛ.la/ === Noun === gavela f (plural gavelas) gavel (a small heap of grain not tied up into a bundle) Synonym: pabea a heap of brushwood Synonym: pabea (by extension) sheaf; bundle of twigs or stalks Synonyms: feixe, mollo, monllo === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “gavela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gavela”, 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), “gavela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gavela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ga‧ve‧la === Noun === gavela f (plural gavelas) sheaf (bundle of grain or straw) === Further reading === “gavela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gavela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026