troita

See also: troiță

Galician
troita

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Late Latin tructa, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs). Cognate with Portuguese truta, Spanish trucha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈtɾojta̝/, /ˈtɾujta̝/, /ˈtɾuta̝/, /ˈtɾutja̝/

Noun

troita f (plural troitas)

  1. trout (Salmo trutta)
    • 1399, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 582:
      ajan por cada hun cinquenta maravedis para viño e para troyta
      they should have fifty coins for each one, for wine and trouts

Noun

troita m (plural troitas)

  1. (figurative, dated) rogue

Derived terms

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