pallaza

Galician

pallazas

Alternative forms

• palloza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈʎaθa̝/

Noun

pallaza f (plural pallazas)

1. (dated) a house with thatched roof
2. a house with thatched roof and circular plant, typical of the highlands of eastern Galicia

Adjective

pallaza

1. (dated) feminine singular of pallazo
   • 1306, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 81:

     que o lauredes τ moredes per uos ou per outro τ o paredes bẽ τ façades y duas caſas pallaças ſegũdo oſ formaes que y eſtam

     and you should work it correctly, and dwell there, you or another, and maintain it well repaired; and you should build there two thatched roofed houses, in the manner of the foundations that are there

Related terms

• palla (“hay”)

References

• “pallaç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pallaza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pallaza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pallaza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.