eito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (the derived term a eito is already attested since the 13th century), from Latin ictus (“blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛjtʊ]

Noun

eito m (plural eitos)

1. (agriculture) each one of the portions in which a field is divided to be mown, hoed or harvested; also, each one of these works

   Synonym: rola

2. furrow
3. stretch

Derived terms

• a eito

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aeito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “eito”, 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), “eito”, 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), “eito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “eito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Japanese

Romanization

eito

1. Rōmaji transcription of エイト

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ictus (“blow”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.tu/ [ˈeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.tu/ [ˈeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.to/ [ˈeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tu/

• Hyphenation: ei‧to

Noun

eito m (plural eitos)

1. row (line of objects, often regularly spaced)
2. (agriculture, Minho, Trás-os-Montes) each one of the portions in which a field is divided to be mown, hoed or harvested; also, each one of these works

Derived terms

• a eito

Further reading

• “eito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “eito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025