boneca

Galician

Alternative forms

• moneca, monecra

Etymology

Ultimately from a substrate language, from *bonnĭcca, perhaps from *bodinĭcca, from Proto-Celtic *bodinā (“heap, bollard”). Compare French borne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈnɛka/

Noun

boneca f (plural bonecas, masculine boneco, masculine plural bonecos)

1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)
2. ball of cloth for applying varnish, etc.
3. (archaic) wrist

   Synonym: pulso

References

• “moneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “moneca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “boneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “boneca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boneca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bonecra

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish muñeca (“doll”), from Old Spanish munneca. Doublet of munheca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈnɛ.kɐ/, /buˈnɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈnɛ.kɐ/, /buˈnɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈnɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈnɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧ca

Noun

boneca f (plural bonecas)

1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)

Derived terms

• boneco

Descendants

• → Malay: boneka
  • Indonesian: boneka

Further reading

• “boneca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “boneca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.