denociña

Galician
Doniña or donicela ("least weasel")

Alternative forms
  • delonciña, denunciña

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese donezỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria, where it is presented as a characteristically Galician word), from Vulgar Latin *domnicella (“weasel”), reanalyzed as *donic- + -ella, and them suffixed with -iña.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /denoˈθiɲa̝̝/, (western) /denoˈsiɲa̝̝/

Noun

denociña f (plural denociñas)

  1. weasel (Least weasel)
    Synonyms: donicela, doniña

References
  • “donez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “donosiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “denociña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “denociña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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