minhoca

Portuguese
minhoca (Lumbricus terrestris)

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the early 1400s, as miucas, and cognate with Galician miñoca, Asturian milu and meruca; perhaps from *milocca, from a substrate language. If related to Proto-Celtic *mīlom (“animal”), then from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/ [mĩˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈɲɔ.ka/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɲɔ.kɐ/, /miˈɲɔ.kɐ/

  • IPA(key): /mĩˈɔkɐ/ (Northeast Brazil)
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nho‧ca

Noun

minhoca f (plural minhocas)

  1. earthworm

See also
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