azouta

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese açoute (“lash”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ال (al-) + سَوْط (sawṭ, “whip, cane”). Cognate with Portuguese açoute and Spanish azote.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /aˈθowta/ [aˈθow.t̪ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aˈθowta/ [aˈθow.t̪ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /aˈsowta/ [aˈsow.t̪ɐ]

• Rhymes: -owta

Noun

azouta f (plural azoutas)

1. spank

Related terms

• azoute
• azoutar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “açoute”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “açout”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “azouta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “azouta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “azouta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.