moella
Galician
Alternative forms
- molexa, muella
Etymology
debated. Perhaps from Latin *molellia. Compare Portuguese moleja, moela and Spanish molleja.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈeʎa̝/
Noun
moella f (plural moellas)
- gizzard
- Synonym: moa
- sweetbread (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially as food)
References
- “moleja” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “moleja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “moella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “moella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “moella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. molleja.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.