outón

Galician

Etymology

From outo +‎ -ón, from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /owˈtoŋ/

Noun

outón m (plural outóns)

1. gable
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez (ed.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra, p. 43:

     A qual dita casa se parte por costãa de parede con outra casa de Rui Martiis Touriño da hũa parte, et da outra parte se parte por parede con o eixido et casa que de min comprou Fernan Cerviño et vay entestar por outon de parede aa orta de Ynes Alvares

     this house limits are: by a wall with another house of Roi Martiz Touriño; and by the other side it limits with the exit and house that was bought from me by Fernán Cerviño, and it limits by the gable end with the garden of Inés Álvarez

   Synonym: outoeira

2. gable end, side wall of a house

Related terms

• outeiro
• outo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “outõ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “outon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “outón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “outón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “outón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN