peia
See also: peía
Portuguese
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Etymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese pea, from Vulgar Latin *pedea, from Latin pēdica.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editpeia f (plural peias)
- fetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
- (figurative) fetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
- (Madeira) rope made of sheep's wool, which was tied to the ends of the rubber to rest on the forehead of the rubber driver who transported it (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (nautical, in the plural) nautical cables
Synonyms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editpeia
- inflection of peiar:
Categories:
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɐ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Madeiran Portuguese
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