espenuca

Galician

Santa Eulalia's church at A Espenuca

Alternative forms

• espiúca

Etymology

From Latin spelūnca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espeˈnuka̝/

Noun

espenuca f (plural espenucas)

1. cave, cavern

   Synonyms: cafurna, cova, gruta

Related terms

• Espenica
• Espenuca
• Piúca
• Piúnca

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espenuca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espenuca”, 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), “espenuca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espenuca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN