almilla
Spanish
Etymology
From alma (“soul”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmiʝa/ [alˈmi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /alˈmiʎa/ [alˈmi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /alˈmiʃa/ [alˈmi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /alˈmiʒa/ [alˈmi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: al‧mi‧lla
Noun
almilla f (plural almillas)
Descendants
- → Catalan: armilla
Further reading
- “almilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024