a collibè
Catalan
FWOTD – 24 April 2022
Etymology
From a (“to, at”) + coll (“neck”) + i (“and”) + be (“sheep”), from shepherds' habit of carrying lambs over their shoulders.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə .ko.ʎiˈbə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə .ku.ʎiˈbɛ/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a .ko.ʎiˈbe/
Adverb
a collibè
- piggyback (sitting on one's shoulders)
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Se'm penjava del pit i a collibè a discreció.
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Further reading
- “collibè”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “a collibè” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.