caobilla

Spanish

Etymology

caoba +‎ -illa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaoˈbiʝa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaoˈbiʝa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaoˈbiʎa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaoˈbiʃa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaoˈbiʒa/ [ka.oˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ca‧o‧bi‧lla

Noun

caobilla f (plural caobillas)

1. fine-leaf wadara, a tree of species Couratari guianensis
2. Any of various trees of the genus Tapirira

Further reading

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