tesoira

Galician

Diferentes tipos de tesoiras. (different kinds of scissors)

Alternative forms

• teseira, tiseira, tixeira, tixoira, texoira, tesoura

Etymology

Attested from 1402. From Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“I shear”). Compare Portuguese tesoura, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈsojɾa̝/

Noun

tesoira f (plural tesoiras)

1. (usually in the plural) scissors, shears
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:

     dous piliquos et hua pele falisa et tres teseyras et huun coytelo de tallar

     two hides and a pelt and three scissors and a knife for cutting

2. rafter

   Synonym: cango

Derived terms

• tesoirada
• tesoiro

References

• “tixeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tesoira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tesoira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Noun

tesoira f (plural tesoiras)

1. Dated form of tesoura.