medoña
Galician
Alternative forms
- modoña
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from a Celtic term related to Latin meta (“conical heap”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈðoɲa̝/
Noun
medoña f (plural medoñas)
- barrow; a type of megalithic structure found along Atlantic Europe consisting of a tomb (dolmen) inside a round, artificial hill once coated by a layer of stones
- Synonyms: mámoa, medorra
Derived terms
- Medoña
Related terms
- meda
- medorna
- medorra
References
- “medoña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “medoña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “medoña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “medoña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “médano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos