# gaita
## Asturian
### Etymology

Uncertain; see gaita for possibilities.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡai̯ta/ [ˈɡai̯.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -aita
* Hyphenation: gai‧ta

### Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)
* (music) bagpipes

#### Derived terms

* gaiteru

## Catalan
### Etymology

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡaj.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡaj.ta]

### Noun

gaita f (plural gaites)
* 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: [ˈɡai̯tɐ]

### Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)
* (music) bagpipes
* (figurative) penis
    Non me toque'la gaita!Don't play the bagpipe for me! / Don't touch my penis! / Stop harassing me!
** 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

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gayteyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gaita”, 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), “gaita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gaita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gaita”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Latvian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gaita f (4th declension)
* course
* process
* 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡaj.tɐ/ [ˈɡaɪ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡaj.tɐ/ [ˈɡaɪ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡaj.ta/ [ˈɡaɪ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡaj.tɐ/

#### Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)
* (music) bagpipes
    Synonym: gaita de foles
* harmonica (wind instrument)
    Synonyms: gaita de boca, gaita de beiços, harmónica
* (South Brazil) accordion
    Synonyms: acordeão, concertina, (Rio Grande do Sul) cordeona, sanfona
* (slang) money; cash; dough
* (vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

gaita
* inflection of gaitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaita/ [ˈɡai̯.t̪a]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aita
* Syllabification: gai‧ta

### Noun

gaita f (plural gaitas)
* (music) bagpipes
* (colloquial) tripe, nonsense
* gullet
* (colloquial) gullet (neck)

#### Derived terms

* gaitero
* ni gaitas
* soplagaitas
* templar gaitas

### References

* ↑ “gaita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “gaita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10