mouta
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese moita, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmowta̝/
Noun
mouta m (plural moutas)
- thicket
- Synonym: touza
- hillock or lump of land topped with bushes or grass
- dune topped with grass and vegetation
- lump of hay
- Synonym: meda
Derived terms
- mouteira
- moutillón
References
- “mouta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “mouta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “mouta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mouta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Noun
mouta f (plural moutas)
- Obsolete form of moita.