touceira

Galician

Etymology

From touza + -eiro; from a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /towˈθejɾa̝/

Noun

touceira f (plural touceiras)

  1. clump of small trees or bushes

References
  • “touceira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “touceira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • toiceira

Etymology

From touça +‎ -eira.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /to(w)ˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [to(ʊ̯)ˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /to(w)ˈse(j).ɾa/ [to(ʊ̯)ˈse(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 

  • Hyphenation: tou‧cei‧ra

Noun

touceira f (plural touceiras)

  1. clump (of small plants)

References
  1. “touceira” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “touceira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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