moza

See also: Moza, moža, and možā

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoθa/, [ˈmo.θa]

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Adjective

moza

1. feminine singular of mozu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moça, Asturian and Spanish moza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoθa̝/, (western) /ˈmosa̝/

Noun

moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)

1. girl; teenager; young lady; single woman

   Synonyms: mulleriña, rapariga

   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 129:

     Iten, que dían os çapatos de moços e moças de quinse anos fasta viinte, a des mrs, tacoados et sollados et ben apostados et de boo coyro e ben coseytos; et sengellos, a seys mrs.

     Item, they should give the shoes for boys and girls, from fifteen till twenty years old, tacked and soled and corrected and made of good leather and well sewn, at ten maravedis; the simple ones, at six maravedis

2. girlfriend

   Synonym: noiva

Derived terms

• mociña

Adjective

moza

1. feminine singular of mozo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moza”, 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), “moza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latgalian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔza]
• Hyphenation: mo‧za

Adjective

moza

1. inflection of mozs:
   1. indefinite genitive singular masculine
   2. indefinite nominative singular feminine

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 15

Spanish

Alternative forms

• moça (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown origin, probably ultimately related to muchacho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈmoθa/ [ˈmo.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈmosa/ [ˈmo.sa]
• Rhymes: -oθa
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: mo‧za

Noun

moza f (plural mozas, masculine mozo, masculine plural mozos)

1. female equivalent of mozo

Descendants

• → Taos: mų̀siʼína
• → Navajo: mósí

Adjective

moza f

1. feminine singular of mozo

Further reading

• “moza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10