morea

See also: Morea, mórea, and möreä

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese moreia (“debris”), Spanish morena (“moraine”) and French moraine.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moˈɾea̝/

Noun

morea m (plural moreas)

  1. heap of straw
    Synonym: meda
  2. stone heap
    Synonym: milladoiro
  3. heap
    Synonym: montón
  4. (figurative) a large quantity
    Synonyms: chea, manchea
  5. moray eel

References
  • “morea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “morea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “morea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “morea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “morena II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

morea f (uncountable)

  1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Declension
declension of morea (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) morea moreaua
genitive/dative (unei) morele morelei
vocative morea

References
  • morea in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

West Makian

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese moreia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mo.ˈre.a/

Noun

morea

  1. a kind of freshwater eel

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
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