bouta

English

Contraction

bouta

1. Alternative form of boutta

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ta/

Verb

bouta

1. third-person singular past historic of bouter

Anagrams

• about, tabou

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bowā. Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbou̯tɐ]

Noun

bouta f (plural boutas)

1. mixture of cattle manure and water once used as sealant
2. the filth formed in a millstone due to the humidity of the grain

Derived terms

• emboutar (“to get dirty; to jam”)

Related terms

• bosta (“dung”)

References

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