minhoca

Galician

Noun

minhoca f (plural minhocas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of miñoca

Further reading

• “minhoca” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

minhoca (Lumbricus terrestris)

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]

• (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)

1. earthworm

Derived terms

• Minhocão
• minhocuçu
• minhoquinha

 

See also

• nhoca
• verme

 

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, 2015–2024
• “minhoca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024