gineta
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Maybe from Arabic.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: gi‧ne‧ta
Noun edit
gineta f (plural ginetas)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Maybe borrowed from Old Occitan geneta, and that from Old Occitan jana. Related with the Sardinian jana.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gineta f (plural ginetas)
- Alternative form of jineta (the mammal)
Further reading edit
- “gineta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014