trouxa

Galician

Perhaps from Old French trousse (“pack”) or either directly from a local derivative of Vulgar Latin *torsāre, from *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō. Cognate with Portuguese trouxa, Spanish troja, French trousse.

trouxa f (plural trouxas)

bundle, pack
Synonyms: fardel, fardo
- 1920, Rogelio Rivero, Cóchegas, page 8:
  ¡Fillo da ialma! Vé-lo aí vai, coa súa trouxa ó lombo, descalzo de pé e perna, sin unha mala vergasta con que desviá-los cans que lle poidan saír a ladrar o camiño.
  Poor son! There you have him, with his bundle on his shoulder, bare on feet and legs, with not a bad rod to divert the dogs that could come to bark on his way
trousseau
Synonym: enxoval
cushion used to protect the shoulders or back when carrying loads
Synonym: mulida

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trouxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trouxa”, 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), “trouxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trouxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Spanish troja.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾo(w).ʃɐ/ [ˈtɾo(ʊ̯).ʃɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾo(w).ʃa/ [ˈtɾo(ʊ̯).ʃa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾo(w).ʃɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾow.ʃɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾo.ʃɐ/

trouxa f (plural trouxas)