toutizo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese toutiço (“back of the head”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), 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): /towˈtiθo̝/, (western) /towˈtiso̝/

Noun

toutizo m (plural toutizos)

1. top of the head
2. nape
3. top of a hill
4. clod
5. tuft
6. extreme

Related terms

• touta (“dam”)
• toutelo (“lump”)
• touticeira (“hill”)
• touza

References

• “toutiço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “toutiç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “toutizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “toutizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toutizo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.