moza

See also: Moza, moža, and možā

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moça, Asturian and Spanish moza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoθa̝/, (western) /ˈmosa̝/

Noun

moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)

1. girl; teenager; young lady; single woman
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 129:

     Iten, que dían os çapatos de moços e moças de quinse anos fasta viinte, a des mrs, tacoados et sollados et ben apostados et de boo coyro e ben coseytos; et sengellos, a seys mrs.

     Item, they should give the shoes for boys and girls, from fifteen till twenty years old, tacked and soled and corrected and made of good leather and well sewn, at ten maravedis; the simple ones, at six maravedis

   Synonyms: mulleriña, rapariga

2. girlfriend

   Synonym: noiva

Derived terms

• mociña

Adjective

1. young; younger

References

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

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• moça (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈmoθa/ [ˈmo.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈmosa/ [ˈmo.sa]

Etymology

Unknown origin, probably ultimately related to muchacho.

Noun

moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)

1. girl, lass, young lady, young woman (female adolescent or young adult)
2. servant, servant girl, maidservant (woman hired to serve another person)
3. (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru) waitress, server (woman who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar)
4. female cat (female member of a domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal)

Descendants

• Navajo: mósí

Further reading

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