moella
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]debated. Perhaps from Latin *molellia. Compare Portuguese moleja, moela and Spanish molleja.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moella f (plural moellas)
- gizzard
- Synonym: moa
- sweetbread (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially as food)
References
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moleja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moleja”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “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.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “molleja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos