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The laia () 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
Farming tools Culture of the Basque Country {{tool-stub
The laia () 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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ending Lhande, Pierre ''Dictionnaire Basque-Français et Français-Basque'' Paris
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1926 Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905) ''Diccionario Vasco Español Frances'' repr. Bilbao
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1984 but is mainly used in the form of ''laia'' today. Other forms include ''lain'' (Oiartzun
Oiartzun (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa lying at the foot of the massif Aiako Harria (Peñas de Aya in Spanish).
Etymology
The name traces back to ''Oiasso'' or ''Oiarso'', a Roman to ...
) and ''laixa'' (Eibar
Eibar (, ) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Euskadi. It is the capital of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Debabarrena.
Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat, 2018). Its chief industry is ...
).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
Farming tools Culture of the Basque Country {{tool-stub