gadañu

Masculinization of gadaña. Probably from Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”). Compare Galician gadaña, Portuguese gadanha, Spanish guadaña.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈdaɲu/ [ɡaˈð̞a.ɲu]
• Rhymes: -aɲu
• Syllabification: ga‧da‧ñu

gadañu m (plural gadaños)

1. small scythe

   Synonym: gadaña

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “gadañu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “gadañu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN