boneca

• moneca, monecra

Ultimately from a substrate language, from *bonnĭcca, perhaps from *bodinĭcca, from Proto-Celtic *bodinā (“heap, bollard”). Compare French borne.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /boˈnɛka/ [boˈnɛ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧ca

boneca f (plural bonecas, masculine boneco, masculine plural bonecos)

1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)
2. ball of cloth for applying varnish, etc.
3. (archaic) wrist

   Synonym: pulso

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “moneca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moneca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boneca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moneca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boneca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “boneca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• bonecra (obsolete or regional)

Uncertain; see the Galician cognate. Maybe from Vulgar Latin *munnecca, *bunnecca, which also yielded Spanish muñeca, but meanings other than 'doll' (and derivates) don't match.

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧ca

boneca f (plural bonecas)

1. doll (a toy in the form of a human)

   Brincar de boneca. ― To play with dolls.

2. (figurative) a very pretty or well-dressed woman
3. (colloquial, derogatory) a homosexual male
4. a ball or sack of cloth containing a substance, like dye, water or spices

• → Malay: boneka
  • Indonesian: boneka
• → Tetum: boneka

• “boneca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “boneca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025