azouta

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese açoute (“lash”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ال (al-) + سَوْط (sawṭ, “whip, cane”). Cognate with Portuguese açoute and Spanish azote.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈθowta̝/, /aˈsowta̝/

Noun

azouta f (plural azoutas)

  1. spank
  • azoute
  • azoutar

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