cholla
English
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a cholla cactus
Etymology
Spanish cholla, possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin. Compare keel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔɪ.ə/, enPR: choiʹə
- Rhymes: -ɔɪə
Noun
cholla (plural chollas)
- Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
- 1889 January 26, “Archæological camping in Arizona”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 52, page 43:
- Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.
- 1890 October 1, “A Series of Eggs of Palmer's Thrasher”, in The Ornithologist and Oölogist, volume 15, page 155:
- The cholla was two feet high, and six feet in diameter.
- 2009 February 26, Karen Crouse, “Woods Returns as He Left: A Winner”, in New York Times:
- On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.
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Derived terms
- jumping cholla
Translations
cactus
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See also
cholla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cylindropuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈt͡ʃoʎa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈt͡ʃoʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈt͡ʃoʒa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒa
- Syllabification: cho‧lla
Noun
cholla f (plural chollas)
- cholla (cactus)
- (figurative) reason, understanding
- (colloquial) head
Verb
cholla
- inflection of chollar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
See also
cholla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “cholla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Noun
cholla (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ, masculine chollo)
- Alternative spelling of chola