denociña

Galician

Doniña or donicela ("least weasel")

Alternative forms

• delonciña, denunciña

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese donezỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria, where it is presented as a characteristically Galician word), from Vulgar Latin *domnicella (“weasel”), reanalyzed as *donic- + -ella, and them suffixed with -iña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denoˈθiɲa̝̝/, (western) /denoˈsiɲa̝̝/

Noun

denociña f (plural denociñas)

1. weasel (Least weasel)

   Synonyms: donicela, doniña

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “donezy_a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “donez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “donosiña”, 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), “denociña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “denociña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN