From: Joao S. Lopes Message: 70052 Date: 2012-09-12
Portuguese <farpa> means "barb", as in <arame farpado>, "barbed wire". Could be <farpa> related to barba "beard"? Usual etymologies consider it as from Arabian or Germanic.
JS Lopes
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