tinaja

English

Etymology

From Spanish tinaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪˈnɑːhə/

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.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈnaxa/ [t̪iˈna.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ti‧na‧ja

Noun

tinaja f (plural tinajas)

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

Derived terms

• tinajería
• tinajero

 

Further reading

• “tinaja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014