couza
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested 18th century. Etymology unknown. Likely unrelated to Latin cossus, so probably from a substrate language.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]couza f (plural couzas)
- clothes moth
- Synonym: avelaíña
- woodworm; deathwatch beetle
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “couza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “couza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “couza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gusano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos