lousa

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== loixa, louxa, loura ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlowsɐ/ ==== Noun ==== lousa f (plural lousas) (uncountable) slatestone (countable, uncountable) flagstone a slab ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lousa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lousa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lousa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lousa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== lousa inflection of lousar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === loisa === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin lausa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“stone”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -owzɐ, -ozɐ Hyphenation: lou‧sa === Noun === lousa f (plural lousas) (geology) slate (rock) Synonym: ardósia clipping of quadro de lousa, blackboard Synonyms: quadro, quadro-negro, quadro-preto flagstone (piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing) Synonym: laje ==== Coordinate terms ==== (board): apagador, giz ==== Derived terms ==== Lousa === References === === Further reading === “lousa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “lousa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026