bouta
English
editContraction
editbouta
- Alternative form of boutta
French
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbouta
- third-person singular past historic of bouter
Anagrams
editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *bowā.[1] Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbouta f (plural boutas)
- mixture of cattle manure and water once used as sealant
- the filth formed in a millstone due to the humidity of the grain
Derived terms
edit- emboutar (“to get dirty; to jam”)
Related terms
edit- bosta (“dung”)
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bouta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bouta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bouta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Julián Santano Moreno, "Celtibérico boustom, iberorromance busto, “pastizal, vacada” y bosta “boñiga”", Nouvelle Revue d’Onomastique, n° 56, 2014, p. 227-262.