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:

lousar

1. (transitive) to roof with flagstones (usually made of slate)
2. (transitive) to pave with flagstones

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlowsɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: losa

Cognate with French: lauze

Cognate with Old Provençal: lausa

In summary

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.