colihue

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈliwe/ [koˈli.we]
• Rhymes: -iwe
• Syllabification: co‧li‧hue

Noun

colihue m (plural colihues)

1. (Argentina, Chile) a type of South American mountain bamboo (Chusquea coleou)
2. (slang, Chile) gay (homosexual man)

   Synonym: cola

Further reading

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