puertu

Asturian
FWOTD – 29 July 2013

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Etymology

From Latin portus.

Noun

puertu m (plural puertos)

  1. port, harbour
    • 2001, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana, 3rd edition, page 361:
      puertu → aeropuertu
      port → airport
  2. mountain pass
    • 2001, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana, 3rd edition, page 361:
      los camiones nun pasen pel puertu
      the trucks don’t go through the mountain pass
  3. a pasture located in high ground
    • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 84–85:
      A esto hai qu'añidir que cada pueblu ye, comu yá diximos, una unidá económica porque tien un espaciu d'aprovechamientu agrícola (cortines y güertos) y ganaderu (morteres y puertos) que ye esplotáu polos grupos familiares qu'ellí viven.
      To this one must add that every village is, as we have already said, an economic unity because it has an agricultural (communal crop fields and gardens) and livestock (communal pastures and high pastures) use which is exploited by the family groups who live there.

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