xaula

From Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea. Compare Spanish jaula, modern French geôle.

xaula f (plural xaules)

1. cage

Attested since circa 1300. Borrowed from Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea (“cage”). Doublet of gaiola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃawla̝/

xaula f (plural xaulas)

1. Alternative form of gaiola
   • c1300, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 582:

     Et o Cçide leuãtouse et tomou o leõ pelo pescoço, bẽ com̃o se fosse hũu alaao manso, [et meteuo] en sua iauola de ferro en que sse criara

     And El Cid stood up, took the lion by the neck as if it was but a meek mastiff, and put him inside his iron jail, where he was grown

• The use of xaula is considered incorrect.

• “iauola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “iauola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “xaula” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xaula” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xaula” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.