botillo

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botillo

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin botellus. For the unexpected retention of Latin /-t-/, Coromines & Pascual propose influence from botija (“vessel”) and other such words.^[1]

a piece of botillo

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /boˈtiʝo/ [boˈt̪i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /boˈtiʎo/ [boˈt̪i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boˈtiʃo/ [boˈt̪i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boˈtiʒo/ [boˈt̪i.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: bo‧ti‧llo

Noun edit

botillo m (plural botillos)

(Asturias, Cantabria, Leon, Palencia, Zamora) a cured meat dish, made from bits of pig meat stuffed inside a pig's cecum
Synonym: botillo del Bierzo

References edit

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “botiellu”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 643