ovillo

ovillo

See also: ovilló

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish luviello, with a subsequent loss of /l/ after the masculine singular article (el luviello > el uviello) followed by a regular change of /-jeʎo/ to /-iʎo/ (cf. medieval castiello > modern castillo). Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *globellus, a diminutive of Latin globus. Cognate with Portuguese novelo, which underwent similar changes due to preceding articles.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈbiʝo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈbiʝo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oˈbiʎo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈbiʃo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈbiʒo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: o‧vi‧llo

Noun

ovillo m (plural ovillos)

1. ball (of wool)
2. ball (of things tied up)
3. pile, bunch

Derived terms

• hacerse un ovillo

Verb

ovillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovillar

References

• Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge University Press. Page 95.

Further reading

• “ovillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014