binguelete

Galician

binguelete ("gimlet")

Etymology

15th century. From Old French guimbelet (“drill”), ultimately of Germanic origin (compare English wimble). Cognate with English gimlet.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biŋɡeˈlete̝/

Noun

binguelete m (plural bingueletes)

1. gimlet; a smallish drill
   • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:

     iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao

     item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “binguelete”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “binguelete”, 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), “binguelete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miguelete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “guimbalete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos