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)

  1. clump of small trees or bushes

References

  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[1], volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • toiceira

Etymology

From touça +‎ -eira.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /to(w)ˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [to(ʊ̯)ˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /to(w)ˈse(j).ɾa/ [to(ʊ̯)ˈse(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 

  • Hyphenation: tou‧cei‧ra

Noun

touceira f (plural touceiras)

  1. clump (of small plants)

References

  1. ^ touceira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ touceira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025