loixa

Galician

Alternative forms

• louxa, lousa, loura

Etymology

Documented in local Medieval Latin as lausa, and in the Iberian peninsula already in the 2nd century; As lapides lausiae, from a local substrate language, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *laws- (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“stone”). Cognate with Spanish losa, French lauze, Old Occitan lausa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔjʃɐ/

Noun

loixa f (plural loixas)

1. (uncountable) slatestone
2. (countable, uncountable) flagstone
3. a slab