# moleira
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese moleira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): mol (“soft”) +‎ -eira, referring to the unossified calvaria of babies.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [moˈlejɾɐ]

### Noun

moleira f (plural moleiras)
* fontanelle
    Synonym: fontanela
* mane
* top of the head; head
** 1671, Gabriel Feixoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:Homes, jentes à rribeira, tocai ò sino apilido, que esta o Roleiro firido polo medio da moleira. rapaces, mulleres, bellos eilos ben nunha bandada,Men, people, to the banks! Toll the bells, alarm! Roleiro is wounded by the middle of the head. Young ones, women, elders here they come together in a flock,
** 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:Non sei qué xuncras traguía na moleira o Seor Pedro, que o vin no outro onte carreirando, como un neno, e axuntando aos seus veciños, pra que onde ao seu palleiro fosen axiña a agoardá-lo; Eu non sei si un formigueiro de vermes lle boligaban entre os miolos dos sesos, pois semellaba a un doente, pro casi arrincando os pelos de debaixo da monteira, sin ton, nin son, e sin xeito; Eu non sei qué lle proía, eu non sei, si tiña o demo; porque os folgos eran fogos e os ollos dous candeeiros, e a cara toda prigada, amostrando os seus chavellos coa boca de un palmo aberta, babexado o fuciñeiro, parecía un estraloxe, un estraloxe de un velloI don't know what damned thing was bringing in his head Mr. Pedro, whom I saw the day before yesterday running around, as a kid, and gathering his neighbours asking them to come promptly to his barn and wait for him; I don't know if a colony of worms was scampering around the center of his brains, because he looked as a madman, almost pulling out the hair from under the hat, without rhyme of reason, and without care; I don't know what was itching him, I don't know if he was possessed by a demon; because his breath was fire and the eyes two lamps, and the face all folded, showing his fangs with mouth open wide, the snout drooled; he looked as a ravel, an old man's ravel

#### Related terms

* mol

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moleira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moleira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moleira”, 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), “moleira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moleira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Mole (“soft”) +‎ -eira, referring to the unossified calvaria of babies.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mo.ˈlej.ɾa/

### Noun

moleira f (plural moleiras)
* the top of the head
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 213 (facsimile):
    […] ca ficou todo britado. dos pees tro ena moleira
       […] that he became all bruised, from the feet to the top of the head.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moˈle(j).ɾa/ [moˈle(ɪ̯).ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /muˈlej.ɾɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /muˈlej.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /muˈle.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: mo‧lei‧ra

### Noun

moleira f (plural moleiras)
* fontanelle (soft spot on the head of babies)
    Synonym: fontanela