# garfo
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* garfe, garfio

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɾfo̝/

### Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)
* fork (eating utensil)
* hook
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:deuen sutilmente tallar o coiro ao llongo et desy a carne ata a que chege aa llandooa ou ao uerme, et pois que a acharen deuenlla fillar con garffe de ferothey should subtly cut the [horse's] skin along, and then also the meat, till they came to the growth or the sickness; and as soon as they find it they should grab it with an iron hook
    Synonym: gancho
* gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon
    Synonym: francada
* twig
    Synonym: ganzo
* twig of a bunch of grapes
    Synonym: cangallo
* (horticulture) cutting, slip; shoot
** 1404, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 94:
    et que poñades no dito lugar doσe aruores preſas de garfos τ de reyσ
       and you shall plant in that place twelve [chestnut] trees, with their shoots and roots grounded
* hangnail

#### Derived terms

* garfela
* garfelo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garfio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garfo”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “garfio”, 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), “garfo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garfo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “garra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡah.fu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡah.fu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈɡaɾ.fu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡaχ.fu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡaɻ.fo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡaɾ.fu/
* Hyphenation: gar‧fo

### Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)
* fork (eating utensil)
* pitchfork (farm tool)
    Synonyms: forcado, forquilha

#### Derived terms

* garfada

#### Descendants

* → Malay: garpu
** Indonesian: garpu
* → Konkani: गार्फ (gārph)

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “garra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos