tinaja

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinaja.

Pronunciation

Noun

tinaja (plural tinajas)

  1. A small pool in a rocky hollow.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
      The horse limped down to the edge of the water and stood and he stood in the dark tinaja with the rifle over his shoulder holding the brand above him till it burned out and then he stood holding the crooked orange ember of it, still talking to the horse.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tinaja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈnaxa/,
  • Hyphenation: ti‧na‧ja

Noun

tinaja

  1. earthenware jar (for storing water)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīnac(u)la, diminutive of Latin tīna. By surface analysis, tina +‎ -aja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈnaxa/
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: ti‧na‧ja

Noun

tinaja f (plural tinajas)

  1. earthenware jar
  2. (Latin America) tinaja (small pool)

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