mioca

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Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown. Attested since the early 1400s, as miucas, and cognate with Portuguese minhoca, 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

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  • IPA(key): /miˈɔka̝/, /ˈmi̯ɔka̝/

Noun

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mioca f (plural miocas)

  1. earthworm
    • 1962, Xaquín Lorenzo, Etnografía: cultura material, Buenos Aires: Nós, page 421:
      As nasas deitanse no fondo do río [...] Enescanse con miocas ou con anacos de carne.
      they sink the fish traps in the river [...] these traps are baited with earthworms or small pieces of meat

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