touza

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Galician touça, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtowθa̝/, (western) /ˈtowsa̝/

Noun

touza f (plural touzas)

  1. enclosed uncultivated land, usually used as a tree farm
    • 1325, Miguel Romaní Martínez, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, 3, p. 66:
      en a touça que jaz entre as leyras ambas que tem Domingo Eanes
      in the uncultivated lands which lie in between both patchs of farmaland belonging to Domingo Eanes
  2. stump
  3. tuft
  4. boulder

Derived terms
  • touceira (“enclosed woodland”)
  • Touceda
  • Toucedo
  • Touceira
  • Touceiro
  • Toucido
  • Touciñas
  • Touzal
  • Touzas
  • touzo
  • Touzosas

References
  • “touça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “touza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “touza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “touza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  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, issue 1, ISSN 0755-7752, pages 3-60
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