miñoca
Galician
a miñoca
Alternative forms
- mioca, miroca, meruca
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate of Portuguese minhoca, and of Asturian milu and meruca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈɲɔka̝/
Noun
miñoca f (plural miñocas)
- earthworm.
- 1858, O Seor Pedro, Romance Gallego.... Santiago: Imprenta de Manuel Mirás, page 2:
- Deixáradesme ir pra terra, pra que as miñocas as tripas e os ósos me esfuracasen e me sugasen axiña
- You'll let me go to the earth, for the earthworms to drill and suck my guts and my bones
- Deixáradesme ir pra terra, pra que as miñocas as tripas e os ósos me esfuracasen e me sugasen axiña
- 1858, O Seor Pedro, Romance Gallego.... Santiago: Imprenta de Manuel Mirás, page 2:
References
- “miñoca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “miñoca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “miñoca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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