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5-letter words (3 found)

AGITA,GAITA,TAIGA,

4-letter words (3 found)

AIGA,GAIT,TAIG,

3-letter words (9 found)

AGA,AIA,AIT,GAT,GIT,ITA,TAG,TAI,TIG,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AG,AI,AT,GI,IT,TA,TI,

You can make 23 words from gaita according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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gaita agita giata igata aigta iagta gatia agtia gtaia tgaia atgia tagia gitaa igtaa gtiaa tgiaa itgaa tigaa aitga iatga atiga taiga itaga tiaga gaiat agiat giaat igaat aigat iagat gaait agait gaait agait aagit aagit giaat igaat gaiat agiat iagat aigat aiagt iaagt aaigt aaigt iaagt aiagt gatai agtai gtaai tgaai atgai tagai gaati agati gaati agati aagti aagti gtaai tgaai gatai agtai tagai atgai atagi taagi aatgi aatgi taagi atagi gitaa igtaa gtiaa tgiaa itgaa tigaa giata igata gaita agita iagta aigta gtaia tgaia gatia agtia tagia atgia itaga tiaga iatga aitga taiga atiga aitag iatag atiag taiag itaag tiaag aiatg iaatg aaitg aaitg iaatg aiatg ataig taaig aatig aatig taaig ataig itaag tiaag iatag aitag taiag atiag

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Definitions and meaning of gaita

gaita

Asturian

Etymology

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaita/, [ˈɡai̯.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -aita
  • Hyphenation: gai‧ta

Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)

  1. (music) bagpipes

Derived terms

  • gaiteru

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡaj.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈɡaj.ta]

Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)

  1. bagpipes
    Synonym: cornamusa

Derived terms

  • gaiter

Further reading

  • “gaita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain; likely from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits. See gaita for other proposals.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡai̯tɐ]

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

  1. (music) bagpipes
  2. (figurative) penis
    • Traditional:
      A muller do gaiteriño
      muller de moita fortuna
      ela toca duas gaitas
      outras non tocan ningunha
      The bagpiper's wife,
      a woman with much fortune,
      she plays two bagpipes,
      others don't play not even one

Derived terms

  • gaita grileira (“a bagpipe tuned in D”)
  • gaita redonda (“a large bagpipe tuned in C”)
  • gaita tombal (“a bagpipe tuned in B flat and built with two drones”)
  • gaiteiro (“bagpiper”)
  • Gaiteiro, a surname

See also

  • gaita on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl

References

  • “gayteyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “gaita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “gaita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “gaita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go, step”), related to the past tense of iet.

Noun

gaita f (4th declension)

  1. course
  2. process
  3. gait

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

  • Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits, with semantic shift due to bagpipes being made of goat skin;
  • Ottoman Turkish (Turkish gayda), from Bulgarian гайда (gajda), possibly via Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa);
  • Old Galician-Portuguese guaita, from Proto-Germanic *wahta;
  • from the same root as Spanish gayo;
  • Hausa algaita, via a Berber language;
  • Suevic.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

  1. (music) bagpipes
    Synonym: gaita-de-foles
  2. harmonica (wind instrument)
    Synonyms: gaita-de-boca, gaita-de-beiços, harmónica
  3. (South Brazil) accordion
    Synonyms: acordeão, concertina, (Rio Grande do Sul) cordeona, sanfona
  4. (slang) money; cash; dough
  5. (vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2

Verb

gaita

  1. inflection of gaitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”). More at Portuguese gaita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaita/ [ˈɡai̯.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -aita
  • Syllabification: gai‧ta

Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)

  1. (music) bagpipes
  2. (colloquial) tripe, nonsense
  3. gullet
  4. (colloquial) gullet (neck)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “gaita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org