grulla
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrul.la/
- Rhymes: -ulla
- Hyphenation: grùl‧la
Adjective
grulla
- feminine singular of grullo
Noun
grulla f (plural grulle)
- female equivalent of grullo
Spanish
Alternative forms
- grúa (obsolete)
Etymology
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. Doublet of grúa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuʝa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuʎa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuʃa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuʒa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- Rhymes: -uʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -uʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -uʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: gru‧lla
Noun
grulla f (plural grullas)
- crane (bird)
Derived terms
Adjective
grulla
- feminine singular of grullo
Further reading
- “grulla”, 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
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “grulla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 223-226