mortera

Asturian

FWOTD – 23 September 2013

Alternative forms

• murtera (Somiedu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈteɾa/, [moɾˈt̪e.ɾa]

Noun

mortera f (plural morteres)

1. a communal pasture
   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 57:

     «Antis caún tenía la so pieza na mortera. […]

     Previously everyone had an allotment in the communal pasture. […]