canilla
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *canīlia, from *canīle (“kennel”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kəˈni.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kaˈni.ʎa/
Noun
canilla f (plural canilles)
- A pack of hunting dogs.
Hypernyms
- gossada
Meronyms
- gos de caça
- rastrejador
Related terms
- ca
Further reading
- “canilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“cane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈniʝa/ [kaˈni.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈniʎa/ [kaˈni.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈniʃa/ [kaˈni.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈniʒa/ [kaˈni.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: ca‧ni‧lla
Noun
canilla f (plural canillas)
- (anatomy) shin, tibia
- Synonyms: espinilla, tibia
- (anatomy, less common) ulna, radius
- (Argentina, Northern Central Spain, Paraguay, Uruguay) faucet
- Synonym: grifo
- spigot
- Synonym: espita
- (Northern Mexico) leg
- (Venezuela) baguette (bread)
Further reading
- “canilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014