yegua
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Compare Catalan euga, Spanish yegua, Galician egua, Portuguese égua, Romanian iapă.
Noun
yegua f (plural yeguas)
- mare
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “yegua”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Fala
Alternative forms
- egua (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish yegua, from Latin equa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjeɡwa/
Noun
yegua f (plural yeguas)
- (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) mare
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 286
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝeɡwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞wa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃeɡwa/ [ˈʃe.ɣ̞wa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒeɡwa/ [ˈʒe.ɣ̞wa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɡwa
- Syllabification: ye‧gua
Noun
yegua f (plural yeguas, masculine caballo, masculine plural caballos)
- mare
- heifer
- (informal) a contemptible fat woman
- the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Descendants
- → Jakaltek: yewaẍ
- → Oluta Popoluca: ye̱wa
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: yehualama
See also
- caballo
Further reading
- “yegua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014