loitosa

loitosa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin lūctuōsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lojˈtosa̝/

Noun

loitosa m (plural loitosas)

1. (law, historical, feudalism) tax paid by the family or heirs of a deceased person to his or her lord
   • 1269, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 919:

     et devedes a seer nosso vassalo; et a vosso passamento, dardes a nos V soldos de loytosa

     and you should be our vassal; and at your decease, you'll give us five solidi as loitosa

Related terms

• loito

References

• “loytosa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “loytosa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “loitosa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “loitosa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.