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miñoca

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Miñoca ("earthworm")

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese miuca, of unknown origin.

Cognate with Borana miñoca, Portuguese minhoca, Asturian milu and meruca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miˈɲɔka/ [mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ], /miˈɲoka/ [mĩˈɲo.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔka, -oka

Noun

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miñoca f (plural miñocas)

  1. earthworm
    Synonyms: bichoco, lombriga
    • 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
    • 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:
      Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.
      After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.
  2. lugworm, sandworm
    Synonyms: bichoco, miñoca brava, senrada
  3. ragworm
    Synonyms: bichoco, maino

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