pidrizuela
Old Spanish
Etymology
From piedra (“stone”) + -uela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pidɾiˈd͡zu͡ela/
Noun
pidrizuela f (plural pidrizuelas)
- diminutive of piedra; a pebble or small stone.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 27r:
- […] deuel abrir por el uientre & fallara y dos pidrizuelas pequennas de ſennas colores.
- […] he must cut it open by the bowel and inside will find two small stones of different colors.
Descendants
- Spanish: piedrezuela