moneca

Galician

Alternative forms

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

  1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)
  2. ball of cloth for applying varnish, etc
  3. (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.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “muñeca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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