moella

Galician

Alternative forms
  • molexa, muella

Etymology

debated. Perhaps from Latin *molellia. Compare Portuguese moleja, moela and Spanish molleja.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moˈeʎa̝/

Noun

moella f (plural moellas)

  1. gizzard
    Synonym: moa
  2. sweetbread (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially as food)

References
  • “moleja” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “moleja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “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.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “molleja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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