touta

See also: tʹouta and τούτα

Galician

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (people, nation; heap?), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtowta̝/

Noun

touta f (plural toutas)

  1. dam

Derived terms

  • touteiro (extreme of an axis)
  • toutelo (lump)
  • toutizo (head, top, tuft)

References

  • touta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • touta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60

Gaulish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *toutā, related to Old Irish túath and Welsh tud.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈtou̯taː]

Noun

toutā f

  1. people, tribe
  2. tribal land

Declension

Lindu

Noun

touta

  1. dwarf
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