bouta

English

Contraction

bouta

1. Alternative form of boutta

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ta/

Verb

bouta

1. third-person singular past historic of bouter

Anagrams

• about, tabou

Galician

Etymology

From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewh₁- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-to-; Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbou̯tɐ]

Noun

bouta f (plural boutas)

1. mixture of cattle manure and water once used as sealant
2. the filth formed in a millstone due to the humidity of the grain

Derived terms

• emboutar (“to get dirty; to jam”)

Related terms

• bosta (“dung”)

References

• “bouta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bouta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bouta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.