touquinegra

Galician

touquinegras

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese touquinegra (13th century), a compound of touca (“veil”) +‎ negra (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [towkiˈneɣɾɐ]

Noun

touquinegra f (plural touquinegras)

1. (archaic) nun

   Synonym: monxa

Related terms

• touca

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “touquinegra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “touquinegra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG