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Galician
Etymology
Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as tauca, from a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1]
Cognate with Portuguese touca, Spanish toca, Basque taika.
Pronunciation
Noun
touca f (plural toucas)
- peritoneum, cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals
- Synonym: teaz
- cloth, shawl, veil
1280, Miguel Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo, page 1090:una savaa et IIas toucas et una saya d-estanforte- a bed sheet and two shawls and a robe of of Stanford
- Synonym: veo
- coif; headdress
- 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
- Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde
- Item, I bequeath said Inés my headdress, that have detachable laterals and come in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk
- Synonym: cofia
- green laver (Ulva lactuca)
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “touca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “touca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “touca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “touca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “touca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, page 21
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -owkɐ, (with w-dropping) -okɐ
- Hyphenation: tou‧ca
Noun
touca f (plural toucas)
- (Brazil) knit cap; beanie; bobble hat (cap worn for protection from the cold)
- Synonym: gorro
- swim cap
- wimple
Derived terms