lousa

Senso

Noun

1. (feminine,uncountable) slatestone
2. (countable,feminine,uncountable) flagstone
3. (feminine) a slab

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of lousar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of lousar:

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlowsɐ/

Etimologia

Documented in local Medieval Latin as lausa, and in the Iberian peninsula already in the 2nd century; from a local substrate language, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *laws- (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“stone”). Cognate with Spanish losa, French lauze, Old Occitan lausa.

Frasi

Ten muros de pedra e tellado de lousa .

Ha muri di pietra e tetto in ardesia.