llengüeta
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ʎəŋˈɡwɛ.tə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʎəŋˈɡwə.tə], [ʎəŋˈɡə.tə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ʎeŋˈɡwe.ta]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
llengüeta f (plural llengüetes)
- diminutive of llengua (“tongue”)
- (dialectal) uvula
- barb (of a hook, arrow, etc.)
- (footwear) tongue
- (music) reed
Derived terms
- llengüeteria
Further reading
- “llengüeta”, 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