palloza

Galician

pallozas

palloza and horreo

Alternative forms

• pallaza

Etymology

14th century (pallaça). From pallaza, from palla (“hay”) +‎ -aza (“made of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈʎɔθa̝/

Noun

palloza f (plural pallozas)

1. cottage; a house with thatched conical roof and circular plant, typical of the highlands of eastern Galicia
2. a thatched shed

   Synonym: pallote

3. a mound of hay

Related terms

• palla (“hay”)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pallaça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palloza”, 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), “palloza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “palloza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Noun

palloza f (plural pallozas)

1. a house with thatched conical roof and circular plant, typical of the highlands of eastern Galicia

Further reading

• “palloza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014