touza

Galician

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

touza f (plural touzas)

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
stump
tuft
boulder

“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 Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“touza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, 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

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