different between moura vs moira

Galician

Etymology

From mouro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mow??]

Adjective

moura

1. feminine singular of mouro

Noun

moura f (plural mouras)

1. (folklore) otherworldly being associated with water and prehistoric ruins who sometimes takes the form of a woman of long blonde hair and extraordinary beauty, while other times is a woman of extraordinary strength, capable of transporting boulders on her head, and who usually carries a distaff

   Synonyms: encanto, señora, vella

Noun

moura f (plural mouras)

1. Moor woman (female equivalent of mouro)

References

• “moura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “moura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “moura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “moura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• "O País da Moura" in YouTube

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?mow.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?mow.?a/, /?mow.??/
• Homophone: Moura

Adjective

moura

1. feminine singular of mouro

Noun

moura f (plural mouras)

1. female equivalent of mouro

Portuguese

Noun

moira f (plural moiras)

1. moira (personification of fate)
2. female equivalent of moiro

Adjective

moira

1. feminine singular of moiro