garfo

Galician

Alternative forms

• garfe, garfio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾfo̝/

Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)

1. fork (eating utensil)
2. hook
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:

     deuen sutilmente tallar o coiro ao llongo et desy a carne ata a que chege aa llandooa ou ao uerme, et pois que a acharen deuenlla fillar con garffe de fero

     they should subtly cut the [horse's] skin along, and then also the meat, till they came to the growth or the sickness; and as soon as they find it they should grab it with an iron hook

   Synonym: gancho

3. gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon

   Synonym: francada

4. twig

   Synonym: ganzo

5. twig of a bunch of grapes

   Synonym: cangallo

6. (horticulture) cutting, slip; shoot
   • 1404, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 94:

     et que poñades no dito lugar doσe aruores preſas de garfos τ de reyσ

     and you shall plant in that place twelve [chestnut] trees, with their shoots and roots grounded

7. hangnail

Derived terms

• garfela
• garfelo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garfio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garfo”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “garfio”, 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), “garfo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garfo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

garfo

Etymology

From Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡah.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡah.fu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.fu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡaχ.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɻ.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.fu/

• Hyphenation: gar‧fo

Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)

1. fork (eating utensil)
2. pitchfork (farm tool)

   Synonyms: forcado, forquilha

Derived terms

• garfada

Descendants

• → Malay: garpu
  • Indonesian: garpu
• → Konkani: गार्फ (gārph)