loita

Galician

Galician traditional loita.

Alternative forms

• aloita, luita, luta

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese luita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctārī. Cognate with Portuguese luta and Spanish lucha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlojta̝/

Noun

loita f (plural loitas)

1. fight, struggle
2. wrestling

Related terms

• loitador
• loitar

References

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

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Verb

loita

1. to pray

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “молиться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika