touzo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese touço (“launching log”) (13th century, used by the Galician author Lopo Lias), from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Alternative forms

• trouzo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtowθo̝/, (western) /ˈtowso̝/

Noun

touzo m (plural touzos)

1. stump
2. extreme of the shaft of a watermill
3. (by extension) shaft of a watermill

Derived terms

• Touceda
• Toucedo
• Touceira
• touceira
• Touceiro
• toucelo
• Toucido
• Touciñas
• touza
• Touzal
• Touzas
• Touzón
• Touzosas

 

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

touzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of touzar