migalla

• mincalla (NW Galicia)

13th century. Either from Vulgar Latin *micalia, from Latin mīca (“crumb”); or from miga +‎ -alla. Cognate with Portuguese migalha, Spanish migaja.

• IPA^(key): /miˈɣaʎa̝/

migalla f (plural migallas)

1. crumb (a small piece which breaks off from baked food)

   Synonym: frangulla

2. crumb (the soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust)

   Synonyms: miga, miolo, rafa

3. (figurativelly) crumb (a bit, small amount)
   • 1298, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1203:

     eu Romeu Domingez me outorgo por ben pagado, que nin migalla non ficou en devedo por pagar

     I, Romeu Dominguez, declare myself well paid, because not even a crumb was left to be paid in debt

   Synonyms: chisca, chisco

• “migalla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “migalla” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “migalla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “migalla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “migalla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.