talayot
English
Alternative forms
- talaiot
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of Arabic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈlɑːjəʊt/
Noun
talayot (plural talayots)
- (archaeology) A kind of Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Minorca and Majorca.
- 2011, Michael E. Smith, The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147:
- A talayot may be square, round, oval, or stepped in form, averaging 12–20 m in diameter and containing a massive central roof pillar.
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Coordinate terms
- nuraghe
Derived terms
- talayotic
Further reading
- talaiot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Etymology
Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of the same Arabic origin as atalaya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /talaˈʝot/ [t̪a.laˈʝot̪]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /talaˈʃot/ [t̪a.laˈʃot̪]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /talaˈʒot/ [t̪a.laˈʒot̪]
- Rhymes: -ot
- Syllabification: ta‧la‧yot
Noun
talayot m (plural talayots)
- (archaeology) talayot
Derived terms
- pretalayótico
- talayótico
Further reading
- “talayot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014