moza

moza

See also: Moza, moža, and možā

Asturian

Adjective

moza

1. feminine singular of mozu

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moça, Asturian and Spanish moza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoθa̝/, (western) /ˈmosa̝/

Noun

moza f (plural mozas)

1. girl; teenager; young lady; single woman
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 129:

     Iten, que dían os çapatos de moços e moças de quinse anos fasta viinte, a des mrs, tacoados et sollados et ben apostados et de boo coyro e ben coseytos; et sengellos, a seys mrs.

     Item, they should give the shoes for boys and girls, from fifteen till twenty years old, tacked and soled and corrected and made of good leather and well sewn, at ten maravedis; the simple ones, at six maravedis

   Synonyms: mulleriña, rapariga

2. girlfriend

   Synonym: noiva

Derived terms

• mociña

Adjective

moza f (masculine mozo, feminine plural mozas, masculine plural mozos)

1. young; younger

References

• “moça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “moça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “moza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Latgalian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔza]
• Hyphenation: mo‧za

Adjective

moza

1. inflection of mozs:
   1. indefinite genitive singular masculine
   2. indefinite nominative singular feminine

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 15

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• moça (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown origin, probably ultimately related to muchacho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈmoθa/ [ˈmo.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈmosa/ [ˈmo.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -oθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: mo‧za

Noun

moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)

1. female equivalent of mozo

Descendants

• → Taos: mų̀si’ína
• → Navajo: mósí

Adjective

moza f

1. feminine singular of mozo

Further reading

• “moza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014