petouto

Galician

Etymology

Blend of petouco (“peak,heap”) +‎ outo (“high”), possibly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈtowtʊ]

Noun

petouto m (plural petoutos)

1. peak; hillock

   Acolá enriba, naquel petouto, había un frade mexando por outro (folk song, 19th century)

   Up there, upon that peak, there was a friar pissing on other

2. heap; bump on the head

Related terms

• petote
• petouco

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “petouto”, 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), “petouto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “petouto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN