loixa

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Documented in local Medieval Latin as lausa, and in the Iberian peninsula already in the 2nd century; As lapides lausiae, from a local substrate language, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *laws- (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“stone”). Cognate with Spanish losa, French lauze, Old Occitan lausa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔjʃɐ/

Noun

loixa f (plural loixas)

  1. (uncountable) slatestone
  2. (countable, uncountable) flagstone
  3. a slab
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