guadaña

Meaning

Noun

scythe

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of guadañar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of guadañar:

guadañar

to scythe; mow

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Concepts

scythe

sickle

Synonyms

hoz

dalle

Translations

Sense

faux

zeis

falce

foice

gadanha

falx

dalla

faucille

falç

Sichel

κόσα

Hippe

tırpan

Hyphenated as

gua‧da‧ña

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡwaˈdaɲa/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: guadañar

Cognate with Old High German: weidanōn

Cognate with Sicilian: vadagna

In summary

Of Germanic origin, (compare Spanish guadañar (“to mow”)), probably from Old Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”), from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”), or derived from guadañar. Cognate with Old High German weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) and Sicilian vadagna. More at gain.