yegua
Aragonese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Compare Catalan euga, Spanish yegua, Galician egua, Portuguese égua, Romanian iapă.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yegua f (plural yeguas)
References edit
- “yegua”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “yegua”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Fala edit
Alternative forms edit
- egua (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish yegua, from Latin equa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yegua f (plural yeguas)
- (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) mare
References edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yegua f (plural yeguas, masculine caballo, masculine plural caballos)
- mare
- heifer
- (informal) a contemptible fat woman
- the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “yegua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014