lousado

Galician

Lousado, Lugo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• loixado, louxado, louxao

Etymology

From lousa (“slab, flagstone”), lousar (“to tile”). Compare Spanish enlosado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lowˈsaðo̝/

Noun

lousado m (plural lousados)

1. roof made of flagstones

   Synonyms: teito, tellado

Derived terms

• Lousada
• Lousado

Related terms

• lousa
• lousar

Adjective

lousado (feminine lousada, masculine plural lousados, feminine plural lousadas)

1. roofed with flagstones
   • 1381, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Estudios Mindonienses, page 174:

     huna casa lousada en que eu ora moro

     a flagstone roofed house in which I dwell now

Participle

lousado (feminine lousada, masculine plural lousados, feminine plural lousadas)

1. past participle of lousar

References

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