pallaza

Galician

pallazas

Alternative forms

Etymology

14th century (pallaça). From palla (hay) + -aza (made of).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈʎaθa̝/

Noun

pallaza f (plural pallazas)

  1. (dated) a house with thatched roof
  2. a house with thatched roof and circular plant, typical of the highlands of eastern Galicia

Adjective

pallaza f (masculine pallazo, feminine plural pallazas, masculine plural pallazos)

  1. (dated) having a thatched roof
    • 1306, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI, Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 81:
      que o lauredes τ moredes per uos ou per outro τ o paredes bẽ τ façades y duas caſas pallaças ſegũdo oſ formaes que y eſtam
      and you should work it correctly, and dwell there, you or another, and maintain it well repaired; and you should build there two thatched roofed houses, in the manner of the foundations that are there
    Synonym: colmazo

References

  • pallaç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • pallaza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • pallaza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pallaza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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