jabalina
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xabaˈlina/ [xa.β̞aˈli.na]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: ja‧ba‧li‧na
Etymology 1
From French javeline, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot (“spear”), from Vulgar Latin *gabalottus, from Gaulish *gabalos (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (“fork, branch of tree”).
Noun
jabalina f (plural jabalinas)
- javelin
Etymology 2
From jabalí.
Noun
jabalina f (plural jabalinas)
- female equivalent of jabalí
Further reading
- “jabalina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014