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The laia ( es, laya) is a two-pronged type of foot-plough used in the Basque Country. Aside from being a farming implement, it is also used in laia racing. The people using a laia are referred to as ''laiariak'' in
Laya race in Artaxao
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The laia ( es, laya) is a two-pronged type of foot-plough used in the Basque Country. Aside from being a farming implement, it is also used in laia racing. The people using a laia are referred to as ''laiariak'' in Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
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Etymology
The word is also attested as ''lai'', without theabsolutive
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1984 but is mainly used in the form of ''laia'' today. Other forms include ''lain'' ( Oiartzun) and ''laixa'' (Eibar
Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa.
Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants (Eustat ...
).Agud, M. & Tovar, A. ''Diccionario Etimológico Vasco VII Korpa-Orloi'' Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (1995) Beyond that the etymology is not entirely clear, but a connection with names for other forked implements in other neighbouring Romance language
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s such as the Béarnese word ''layà'' (a forked instrument for gathering chestnuts) seems plausible.
See also
*Foot plough
The foot plough is a type of plough used like a spade with the foot in order to cultivate the ground.
New Zealand
Before the widespread use of metal farm tools from Europe, the Māori people used the , a version of the foot plough made entirely ...
* Loy
References
External links
Laya race in Artaxao
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