lagoa

See also: Lagoa and lagôa

Galician

Lagoa das Xarfas, Muros, Galicia

Alternative forms

• lagúa, legúa

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from Latin lacus (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈɣʊɐ]

Noun

lagoa m (plural lagoas)

1. lake, pool, pond
2. lagoon

Derived terms

• Lagoa
• Lagoela
• Lagoíña
• Lagúa
• Lagúas

References

• “lagoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lagoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lagoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lagoa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lagoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alagoa
• lagôa (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from lacus (“lake; basin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Doublet of lacuna and laguna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡo.ɐ/ [lɐˈɣo.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡo.ɐ/ [lɐˈɣo.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡo(w).ɐ/ [lɐˈɣo(w).ɐ]

• Rhymes: -oɐ
• Homophone: Lagoa
• Hyphenation: la‧go‧a

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Noun

lagoa f (plural lagoas)

1. a small lake

Derived terms

• Alagoas
• lagoinha (diminutive), lagoacho (diminutive), lagoazinha (diminutive)
• lagoão (augmentative)
• Lagoa

Related terms

• lacuna
• lago

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Lagoh