# touca
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as tauca, from a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
Cognate with Portuguese touca, Spanish toca, Basque taika.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtowka̝/

### Noun

touca f (plural toucas)
* peritoneum, cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals
    Synonym: teaz
* cloth, shawl, veil
** 1280, Miguel Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo, page 1090:una savaa et IIas toucas et una saya d-estanfortea bed sheet and two shawls and a robe of [cloth] of Stanford
    Synonym: veo
* coif; headdress
** 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:
    Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde
       Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that have detachable laterals[?] and come in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk
    Synonym: cofia
* green laver (Ulva lactuca)

#### Derived terms

* touquinegra (“nun”)

#### Related terms

* touciño (“lard”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “touca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “touca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “touca”, 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), “touca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “touca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, page 21

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto(w).kɐ/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto(w).kɐ/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈto(w).ka/ [ˈto(ʊ̯).ka]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈto(w).kɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈto(w).kɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈtow.kɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈto.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -owkɐ, (with w-dropping) -okɐ
* Hyphenation: tou‧ca

### Noun

touca f (plural toucas)
* (Brazil) knit cap; beanie; bobble hat (cap worn for protection from the cold)
    Synonym: gorro
* swim cap
* wimple

#### Derived terms

* touca de banho
* touca de natação