muñeca
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From a pre-Roman language, possibly pre-Indo European. Compare Basque muno (“colina”). It's original meaning was 'protuberance', from which both senses of wrist and doll come. Compare Spanish moño (“a bow, ribbon”) and muñón (“stump”).
[edit] Noun
muñeca f. (plural muñecas)
