migaya

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīcācula, diminutive from Latin mīca (“crumb”). Synchronically miga +‎ -aya.

• IPA^(key): /miˈɡaʝa/ [miˈɣ̞a.ʝa]
• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: mi‧ga‧ya

migaya f (plural migayes)

1. crumb
2. soft inner part of bread
3. small amount of something
4. nothing
5. dollop of butter
6. (in the plural) bread made with milk and topped with butter and sugar
7. (in the plural) milk with bits of bread

• migayina
• esmigayar

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “migaya”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “migaya”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN