Meitufe

Galician

Etymology

From local Late Latin Mactulfi, genitive of Mactulfus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Mahtiwulfaz, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (“power”) and *wulfaz (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mejˈtufe̝/

Proper noun

Meitufe

1. A village in Valdoviño parish, Valdoviño, A Coruña, Galicia
2. A village in Leira parish, Ordes, A Coruña, Galicia

References

• “Meitufe” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Meitufe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Meitufe” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.