galta

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French galetas.

Noun

galta

1. loft; attic

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gauta, *gabita, from Gaulish *gauta (“cheek”), from Proto-Celtic *gaba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈɡal.ta]

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Noun

galta f (plural galtes)

1. cheek

Derived terms

• engaltar
• galtaplè
• galtera
• galtut

 

Further reading

• “galta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “galta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “galta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “galta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Norse

Noun

galta

1. galti
   1. accusative plural of galti
   2. genitive plural of galti
2. galtr
   1. accusative plural of galtr
   2. genitive plural of galtr
3. gǫltr
   1. genitive plural of gǫltr