loitosa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lūctuōsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lojˈtosa̝/

Noun

loitosa m (plural loitosas)

1. (law, historical, taxation, feudalism) tax paid by the family or heirs of a deceased person to his or her lord
   • 1269, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 919:

     et devedes a seer nosso vassalo; et a vosso passamento, dardes a nos V soldos de loytosa

     and you should be our vassal; and at your decease, you'll give us five solidi as loitosa

Related terms

• loito

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “loytosa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “loytosa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “loitosa”, 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), “loitosa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega