coyaye

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tewa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈʝaʝe/ [koˈʝa.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈʝaʝe/ [koˈʝa.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈʃaʃe/ [koˈʃa.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈʒaʒe/ [koˈʒa.ʒe]

• Rhymes: -aʝe
• Syllabification: co‧ya‧ye

Noun

coyaye m (plural coyayes)

1. (New Mexico) rattlesnake weed

   Synonym: hierba de la víbora

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN