abuela

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish abuela.

Noun

abuéla

grandmother

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈbwela/
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IPA^(key): (dialectal) /aˈwela/ , /aˈɡwela/
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: a‧bue‧la

Noun

abuela f (plural abuelas, masculine abuelo, masculine plural abuelos)

grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo
(colloquial) old woman

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Hiligaynon: abuéla
→ Papiamentu: wela

References

“abuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 211

Further reading

“abuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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