toutelo

Galician

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people, nation; heap?”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /towˈtɛlo̝/

Noun

toutelo m (plural toutelos)

1. mound

Related terms

• touta (“dam”)
• touteiro (“extreme of an axis”)
• touriceira (“hill”)
• toutizo
• touza

References

• “toutelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “toutelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toutelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.