minhoca
Galician
Noun
minhoca f (plural minhocas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of miñoca
Further reading
- “minhoca” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese miuca, of unknown origin.
Cognate with Fala and Galician miñoca, Asturian milu and meruca.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/ [mĩˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈɲɔ.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈɲɔ.kɐ/, (with ellipsis) /ˈmɲɔ.kɐ/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mĩˈɔkɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
- Hyphenation: mi‧nho‧ca
Noun
minhoca f (plural minhocas)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “minhoca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “minhoca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “minhoca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025