touta

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)

dam

Derived terms

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

Related terms

touza

References

“touta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“touta” 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

Gaulish

Etymology

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

Noun

toutā f

people, tribe
tribal land

Declension

declension of touta

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	toutā	toutas
Vocative	touta	-
Accusative	toutan	toutas
Genitive	toutas	toutanom
Dative	toutai	toutabo
Instrumental	toutia	-
Locative	-	-

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