troita

See also: troiță

Galician
troita

Etymology

13th century. From Late Latin tructa, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs).

Cognate with Portuguese truta, Spanish trucha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈtɾojta̝/, /ˈtɾujta̝/, /ˈtɾuta̝/, /ˈtɾutja̝/

Noun

troita f (plural troitas)

  1. trout (Salmo trutta)
    • 1399, Miguel González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 582:
      ajan por cada hun cinquenta maravedis para viño e para troyta
      they should have fifty coins for each one, for wine and trouts

Noun

troita m (plural troitas)

  1. (figuratively, dated) rogue

Derived terms
  • troiteiro

References
  • “troyta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “troyt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “troita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “troita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “troita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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