lagorza

Galician

Alternative forms

• lagorça (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Related to lago (“lake”), but the suffix or suffixes look pre-Latin rather than Romance.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡoɾθa/ [lɑˈɣ̞oɾ.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laˈɡoɾθa/ [lɑˈɣ̞oɾ.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laˈħoɾθa/ [lɑˈħoɾ.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /laˈħoɾsa/ [lɑˈħoɾ.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -oɾθa

• (standard) Rhymes: -oɾθa
• (seseo) Rhymes: -oɾsa

• Hyphenation: la‧gor‧za

Noun

lagorza f (plural lagorzas)

1. marsh, quagmire

   Synonym: chagorza

References

• “lagorza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lagorza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lagorza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.