touceira

Galician

Etymology

From touza + -eiro; from a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /towˈθejɾa̝/

Noun

touceira f (plural touceiras)

clump of small trees or bushes

Related terms

touza (“enclosed woodland”)

References

“touceira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“touceira” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

↑ 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

Portuguese

Noun

touceira f (plural touceiras)

clump (of small trees)

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