morea

See also: Morea, mórea, and möreä

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese moreia (“debris”), Spanish morena (“moraine”) and French moraine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾea̝/

Noun

morea m (plural moreas)

1. heap of straw

   Synonym: meda

2. stone heap

   Synonym: milladoiro

3. heap

   Synonym: montón

4. (figurative) a large quantity

   Synonyms: chea, manchea

5. moray eel

Related terms

• mornal
• morouzo

References

• “morea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “morea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “morea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “morea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

morea f (uncountable)

1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Declension

declension of morea (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) morea	moreaua
genitive/dative	(unei) morele	morelei
vocative	morea

References

• morea in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

West Makian

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese moreia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.ˈre.a/

Noun

morea

1. a kind of freshwater eel

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics