touquinegra

Galician

touquinegras

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese touquinegra (13th century), a compound of touca (“veil”) +‎ negra (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [towkiˈneɣɾɐ]

Noun

touquinegra f (plural touquinegras)

1. (archaic) nun

   Synonym: monxa

Related terms

• touca

References

• “touquinegra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “touquinegra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.