Thanks Margaret! Now I understand why... in Brazilian Portuguese may be! :)
Anyway. Never saw a name “donina” in Portugal… it not appears even in the official Portuguese list of permitted names. As far as I am concerned when you have an “alcunha” it is written at the end of the name just to identify a person with the same name in the same community. The word “donina” may be referring to a sort of animal that eats the blood of the chiken for example (kind of a mouse/rat with a long tale). The right word would be DONINHA. Localy, due to local accent, the words with the sound NH are sometimes said as only the sound of an N. The word may also be referring to DONINHA (small DONA)… a joke about someone manners? Anyway. One thing looks clear, it should be an “alcunha” (assuming it is DONINA) -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
