moneca

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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/
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ne‧ca

Noun

moneca f (plural monecas, masculine moneco, masculine plural monecos)

  1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)
  2. ball of cloth for applying varnish, etc
  3. (archaic) wrist
    Synonym: pulso

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “muñeca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos