minhoca

Portuguese

minhoca (Lumbricus terrestris)

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the early 1400s, as miucas, and cognate with Galician miñoca, Asturian milu and meruca; perhaps from *milocca, from a substrate language. If related to Proto-Celtic *mīlom (“animal”), then from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/ [mĩˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/ [mĩˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈɲɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɲɔ.kɐ/, /miˈɲɔ.kɐ/

• IPA^(key): /mĩˈɔkɐ/ (Northeast Brazil)
• Hyphenation: mi‧nho‧ca

Noun

minhoca f (plural minhocas)

1. earthworm

See also

• nhoca
• verme