oitru

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese outro, from Latin alter (“the other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoi̯tɾu/

Determiner

oitru m sg (feminine oitra, masculine plural oitrus, feminine plural oitras)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Alternative form of otru (“another, other”)

Usage notes

This is the most common form of the determiner/pronoun in Lagarteiru, in Valverdeñu it is less common.

Pronoun

oitru m sg (feminine oitra, masculine plural oitrus, feminine plural oitras)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Alternative form of otru (“something else, someone else”)

Derived terms

• pa u oitru (“two days after tomorrow”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN