lousa

Meaning

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:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlowsɐ/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Ten muros de pedra e tellado de lousa .

It has stone walls and a slate roof.