couso

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkowso̝/

Noun

couso m (plural cousos)

1. (nautical) port

   Synonyms: babor, couce

Etymology 2

From cousa (“thing”), from Latin causa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkowso̝/

Noun

couso m (plural cousos)

1. thingy; thing (used as a wildcard for naming something which name we don't remember or ignore)

   E logo o couso ese ten Internet?

   And so this thingy has Internet?

   Synonyms: chintófano, chisme, conto

Etymology 3

Attested as causo in local Medieval Latin documents at least since the 9th century. Probably from Latin: compare capsa (“box”) and capiō (“I catch”).

Last tract of a couso, Cotobade, Galicia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkowso̝/

Noun

couso m (plural cousos)

1. large open box like container used for storing grain
2. a trap for wolfs consisting of two long converging walls and a central walled pit where wolves were driven for being killed, usually in an annual basis

   Synonyms: foxo, lobeira

Derived terms

• Couselo
• Couso
• Cousos

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “couso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “couso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

co- +‎ uso

Noun

couso m (plural cousi)

1. joint use

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) coūsō

1. dative masculine singular of coūsus
2. dative neuter singular of coūsus
3. ablative masculine singular of coūsus
4. ablative neuter singular of coūsus