petouto
Galician
editEtymology
editBlend of petouco (“peak,heap”) + outo (“high”), possibly.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpetouto m (plural petoutos)
- 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
- heap; bump on the head
Related terms
editReferences
edit- 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