medoña

Galician

Alternative forms

• modoña

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a Celtic term related to Latin meta (“conical heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈðoɲa̝/

Noun

medoña f (plural medoñas)

1. barrow; a type of megalithic structure found along Atlantic Europe consisting of a tomb (dolmen) inside a round, artificial hill once coated by a layer of stones

   Synonyms: mámoa, medorra

Derived terms

• Medoña

Related terms

• meda
• medorna
• medorra

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “medoña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “medoña”, 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), “medoña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “medoña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN