denociña

Galician

Doniña or donicela ("least weasel")

Alternative forms

• delonciña, denunciña

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese donezỹa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria, where it is presented as a characteristically Galician word), from Vulgar Latin *domnicella (“weasel”), reanalyzed as *donic- + -ella, and them suffixed with -iña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denoˈθiɲa̝̝/, (western) /denoˈsiɲa̝̝/

Noun

denociña f (plural denociñas)

1. weasel (Least weasel)

   Synonyms: donicela, doniña

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “donezy_a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “donez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “donosiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “denociña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “denociña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.