boneca

Galician

Alternative forms

• moneca, monecra

Etymology

Ultimately from a substrate language, from *bonnĭcca, perhaps from *bodinĭcca, from Proto-Celtic *bodinā (“heap, bollard”). Compare French borne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈnɛka/

Noun

boneca f (plural s) m: boneco

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

Derived terms

• boneco

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moneca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “boneca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

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boneca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish muñeca (“doll”), from Old Spanish munneca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈnɛ.kɐ/
• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈnɛ.ka/
• IPA^(key): /bo.ˈnɛ.ka/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧ca

Noun

boneca f (plural s) m: boneco

1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)

Derived terms

• boneco

Descendants

• → Malay: boneka
  • Indonesian: boneka