caballa
Latin
Etymology
From caballus (“riding horse, packhorse”) + -a (feminine noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈbal.la]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈbal.la]
Noun
caballa f (genitive caballae, masculine caballus); first declension
- mare
- Latin Anthology I..p628
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caballa | caballae |
| genitive | caballae | caballārum |
| dative | caballae | caballīs |
| accusative | caballam | caballās |
| ablative | caballā | caballīs |
| vocative | caballa | caballae |
Related terms
- caballiō (diminutive)
Descendants
- Italian: cavalla
- Occitan: cavala
- Piedmontese: cavala
- Portuguese: cavala (“mackerel”)
- Spanish: caballa (“mackerel”)
References
- “caballa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin caballa, the feminine form of caballus (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbaʝa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaˈbaʎa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaˈbaʃa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaˈbaʒa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- Rhymes: -aʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lla
Noun
caballa f (plural caballas)
Usage notes
- Although caballa is etymologically the feminine form of caballo, its meaning is not related to the female horse, which is called yegua (from Latin equa).
Descendants
- → Moroccan Arabic: كبايلا (kabāyla)
Further reading
- “caballa”, 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