touca

Galician

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as tauca, from a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Cognate with Portuguese touca, Spanish toca, Basque taika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtowka̝/

Noun

touca f (plural toucas)

1. peritoneum, cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals

   Synonym: teaz

2. cloth, shawl, veil
   • 1280, Miguel Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo, page 1090:

     una savaa et IIas toucas et una saya d-estanforte

     a bed sheet and two shawls and a robe of [cloth] of Stanford

   Synonym: veo

3. coif; headdress
   • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:

     Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde

     Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that have detachable laterals[?] and come in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk

   Synonym: cofia

4. green laver (Ulva lactuca)

Derived terms

• touquinegra (“nun”)

Related terms

• touciño (“lard”)

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).kɐ/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).kɐ/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).ka/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ka]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto(w).kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtow.kɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -owkɐ, (with w-dropping) -okɐ
• Hyphenation: tou‧ca

Noun

touca f (plural toucas)

1. (Brazil) knit cap; beanie; bobble hat (cap worn for protection from the cold)

   Synonym: gorro

2. swim cap
3. wimple

Derived terms

• touca de banho
• touca de natação