touquinegra
Galician
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touquinegras
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese touquinegra (13th century), a compound of touca (“veil”) + negra (“black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [towkiˈneɣɾɐ]
Noun
touquinegra f (plural touquinegras)
- (archaic) nun
- Synonym: monxa
Related terms
- touca
References
- “touquinegra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “touquinegra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.