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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1813. Blend of liorna (“palaver”) + loita (“fight”), probably.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
liorta m (plural liortas)
- strife, fray, struggle
- Synonyms: baralla, lea
1813, anonymous author, Decima constitucional:bufe o escribano ladrón, que o pelexo me sacou, e breme o que me acabou con trabucos, e liortas: gráceas dan as miñas portas a quen así os xiringou.- let him hiss, the thief scribe who took my hide; and let him fret, he who finished me with tributes and struggles: thanks are given by my doors to whom that so disturbed them
- uproar, noise
- Synonyms: barullo, liorna, rebumbio
- confusion, disorder
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “liorta”, 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), “liorta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega