touquinegra

Galician
touquinegras

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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

References
  • “touquinegra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “touquinegra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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