moneca
Galician
Alternative forms
- boneca, monecra
Etymology
Ultimately from a substrate language, from *bonnĭcca, perhaps from *bodinĭcca, from Proto-Celtic *bodinā (“heap, bollard”). Compare French borne.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈnɛka/
Noun
moneca f (plural monecas) m: moneco
- doll (a toy in the form of a human)
- ball of cloth for applying varnish, etc
- (archaic) wrist
Derived terms
- moneco
References
- “moneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “moneca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “moneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moneca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “boneca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “muñeca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos