touca

Galician

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as tauca, from a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Cognate with Portuguese touca, Spanish toca, Basque taika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtowka̝/

Noun

touca f (plural toucas)

1. peritoneum, cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals

   Synonym: teaz

2. cloth, shawl, veil
   • 1280, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira. Santiago: Tórculo, page 1090:

     una savaa et IIas toucas et una saya d-estanforte

     a bed sheet and two shawls and a robe of [cloth] of Stanford

   Synonym: veo

3. coif

   Synonym: cofia

4. green laver (Ulva lactuca)

Derived terms

• touquinegra (“nun”)

Related terms

• touciño (“lard”)

References

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

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Portuguese

Noun

touca f (plural toucas)

1. knit cap; beanie; hood; bobble hat (cap worn for protection from the cold).

Derived terms

• touca de banho
• touca de natação

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