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Galician
Etymology 1
From Medieval Galician touça, from a substrate language *touttia,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtowθa̝/, (western) /ˈtowsa̝/
Noun
touza f (plural touzas)
- enclosed uncultivated land, usually used as a tree farm
- 1325, Miguel Romaní Martínez, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, 3, p. 66:
- en a touça que jaz entre as leyras ambas que tem Domingo Eanes
- in the uncultivated lands which lie in between both patchs of farmaland belonging to Domingo Eanes
- stump
- tuft
- boulder
- grove
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “touça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “touza”, 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), “touza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “touza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Krüger, Fritz (2003) “Cosas y palabras del noroeste ibérico”, in Antología Conmemorativa: Nueva Revista De Filología Hispánica : Cincuenta Tomos, volume 9, Colegio de Mexico, →DOI, retrieved 26 October 2019, pages 205–234
- ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60
Etymology 2
Verb
touza
- inflection of touzar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative