pallaza

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pallazas

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Etymology

14th century (pallaça). From palla (hay) +‎ -aza (made of).

Pronunciation

Noun

pallaza f (plural pallazas)

  1. (dated) a house with thatched roof
  2. a house with thatched roof and circular plant, typical of the highlands of eastern Galicia

Adjective

pallaza

  1. (dated) feminine singular of pallazo
    • 1306, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 81:
      que o lauredes τ moredes per uos ou per outro τ o paredes bẽ τ façades y duas caſas pallaças ſegũdo oſ formaes que y eſtam
      and you should work it correctly, and dwell there, you or another, and maintain it well repaired; and you should build there two thatched roofed houses, in the manner of the foundations that are there

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