morea
Galician
Etymology
From a substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese moreia (“debris”), Spanish morena (“moraine”) and French moraine.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
morea m (plural moreas)
- heap of straw
- Synonym: meda
- stone heap
- Synonym: milladoiro
- heap
- Synonym: montón
- (figurative) a large quantity
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “morea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “morena II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
West Makian
Pronunciation
Noun
morea
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics