grulla
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrul.la/
- Rhymes: -ulla
- Hyphenation: grùl‧la
Adjective
grulla
- feminine singular of grullo
Noun
grulla f (plural grulle)
- female equivalent of grullo
Spanish
Alternative forms
- grúa (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish grulla, probably from an alteration of Old Spanish grúa, gruya, from Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). The confusion of y and ll in this term is already present in medieval texts, and Coromines and Pascual suspect it may be explained as Leonese or Aragonese influence, in which some areas apparently showed a ll-y merger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡɾuʝa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡɾuʎa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡɾuʃa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡɾuʒa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʒa]
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- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒa
- Syllabification: gru‧lla
Noun
grulla f (plural grullas)
- crane (bird)
Derived terms
- grulla blanca
Adjective
grulla
- feminine singular of grullo
Further reading
- “grulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “grulla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 223-226