botija

From Spanish botija. Doublet of bottle.

botija (plural botijas)

1. A Caribbean musical instrument of the aerophone type, consisting of an earthenware jug or jar with two openings.
2. Alternative form of botijo (traditional Spanish water container)

• jaboti

Borrowed from Spanish botija.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [buˈti.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈti.d͡ʒa]

botija f (plural botiges)

1. jug

• “botija”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “botija”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “botija” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “botija” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Spanish botija (“jug”). Doublet of botelha.

• Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧ja

botija f (plural botijas)

1. hot water bottle
2. cylinder; gas cylinder (container for pressurised gas)

   Synonyms: bilha, botijão

3. bottle; flask
4. jar; jug (large stoneware)

• botijão

• “botija”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Late Latin butticula. Doublet of botella, which comes from French bouteille; see also English bottle.

• IPA^(key): /boˈtixa/ [boˈt̪i.xa]
  • Rhymes: -ixa
• IPA^(key): /boˈtiʃa/ [boˈt̪i.ʃa] (Early Modern Spanish)
  • Rhymes: -iʃa
• Syllabification: bo‧ti‧ja

botija f (plural botijas)

1. jug; vessel

   Synonym: vasija

2. (Uruguay) Young person.

• → Catalan: botija
• → English: botija
• → Portuguese: botija
• → Tagalog: botiha, butisa

• “botija”, 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
• botija on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es