Feminine
muñeca
Meaning
- (feminine) wrist
- (feminine, form-of) female equivalent of muñeco (“doll”)
muñeco
- (masculine) doll
- (masculine) puppet
- (masculine) attractive male
- (masculine) any of various South American trees of the genus Cordia, such as Cordia borinquena or Cordia collococca.
Concepts
wrist joint
limb bones
articulatio radiocarpea
radiocarpal joint
Synonyms
niño pequeño
huesos de los miembros
beb
hijo o hija de una mujer
infante de 0 a 3 años
queca
poignet
Handgelenk
polso
pols
pulso
nina
καρπόςFrequency
Hyphenated as
mu‧ñe‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/muˈɲeka/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish munneca, from Old Spanish monneka (“milestone or landmark”) (a. 1011), from Paleo-Hispanic, possibly pre-Indo-European. Compare Basque muino (“hill”). Its original meaning was first 'milestone or landmark', then 'protuberance', from which both senses of 'wrist' and 'doll' come. Some have suggested it may have originated from monnula (“(female) friend”). Compare Spanish moño (“a bow, ribbon”) and muñón (“stump”); see also Portuguese boneca (“doll”). Attested as early as 1011, first attested as 'doll' in 1400.
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