subilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūbella, from Latin sūbula (“shoemaker's awl”), from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁dʰleh₂, from *syuh₁- (“sew”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /suˈbiʝa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /suˈbiʝa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /suˈbiʎa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /suˈbiʃa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /suˈbiʒa/ [suˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: su‧bi‧lla

Noun

subilla f (plural subillas)

1. awl

   Synonym: lezna

Further reading

• “subilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014