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
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• 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