moucho

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (masculine) little owl (Athene noctua)
2. (masculine) stool

Adj

1. crestless, blunted, polled
2. (figuratively) sad; melancholic

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈmowt͡ʃo̝/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi portugalî: mocho

Hevwate bi spanî: mochuelo

In summary

Debated (the Galician diphthong is not compatible with the etymons proposed for the other Romance cognates). Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moucho (first attested in 1421); probably from an adjective meaning "blunted". Compare Portuguese mocho and Spanish mochuelo.