choza
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A choza, Ourol, northern Galicia 
Next to a house, and used as a barn
Fala
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese choça.
Pronunciation
Noun
choza f (plural chozas)
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese choça (Cantigas de Santa Maria); perhaps from Latin pluteus.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
choza f (plural chozas)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “choça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “choça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “choza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “choza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “choza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “choza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician choza or Portuguese choça.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃoθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃosa/
- Rhymes: -oθa
- Rhymes: -osa
- Syllabification: cho‧za
Noun
choza f (plural chozas)
- hut, shack
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 87:
- El río venía crecido, y envolvió en su turbia corriente a la hija maldita, arrastrándola hacia el mar; y cuanndo la madre, horas después, fué a buscarla, presa de angustiosa desesperación, unos changos (pescadores) que tenían sus chozas en el mismo lecho del río, le dijeron que habían visto pasar.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
See also
- champa f
Further reading
- “choza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10