grulla
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grulla
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grulla f (plural grulle)
- female equivalent of grullo
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish grulla, probably from an alteration of Old Spanish grúa, gruya, from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). The confusion of y and ll in this term is already present in medieval texts, and Coromines and Pascual suspect it may be explained as Leonese or Aragonese influence, in which some areas apparently showed a ll-y merger.
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- Syllabification: gru‧lla
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grulla f (plural grullas)
- crane (bird)
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grulla
Further reading edit
- “grulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “grulla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 223-226