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Galician
Etymology
Blend of petouco (“peak,heap”) + outo (“high”), possibly.
Pronunciation
Noun
petouto m (plural petoutos)
- peak; hillock
Acolá enriba, naquel petouto, había un frade mexando por outro (folk song, 19th century)- Up there, upon that peak, there was a friar pissing on other
- heap; bump on the head
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “petouto”, 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), “petouto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “petouto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN