# murta
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* murtra

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myrta, variant form of myrtus. Compare Sicilian murtiḍḍa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmur.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmuɾ.ta]

### Noun

murta f (plural murtes)
* myrtle
* a traditional liqueur of Corsica and Sardinia produced by macerating myrtle berries

#### Derived terms

* murta de Brabant
* murtera
* murtó

### Further reading

* “murta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since 1409. From Latin myrta (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmuɾtɐ]

### Noun

murta f (plural murtas)
* myrtle (evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus)
    Synonym: mirto

#### Related terms

* mirto
* murteira

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “murta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “murta”, 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), “murta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin myrta (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning "bitter".

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuʁ.tɐ/ [ˈmuh.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuʁ.tɐ/ [ˈmuh.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈmuɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmuʁ.tɐ/ [ˈmuχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmuɾ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -uɾtɐ, (Brazil) -uʁtɐ
* Hyphenation: mur‧ta

### Noun

murta f (plural murtas)
* myrtle (evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus)

#### Derived terms

* murtal

#### Related terms

* mirto

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin myrta (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter.

### Noun

murta f (plural murtas)
* myrtle
    Synonyms: arrayán, mirto
* ugniberry

### Further reading

* “murta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *murtadak.

### Verb

murta
* to wrinkle, crease
* to dislocate

#### Derived terms

* murduda

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вывихнуть, измять, мять, прорывать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *murtadak.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈmurtɑː/, [ˈmurtɑ]
* Rhymes: -urtɑː
* Hyphenation: mur‧ta

### Verb

murta
* (transitive) to break off (a piece from something)
* (transitive) to break (into pieces)
* (transitive) to dislocate, sprain
* (transitive, usually atelic) to distress, bother, pressure

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “murtaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn