carabassa
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly non-Indo-European. From the reconstructed term *carapaccia (or *calapaccia: compare Spanish calabaza and Portuguese cabaça), denoting the envelope or shell of certain plants and animals. See also clàpet. First attested in 1272.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [kə.ɾəˈβa.sə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.ɾəˈba.sə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.ɾaˈba.sa]
Audio (Valencia): (file) - (colloquial) IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kərˈba.sə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaɾˈba.sa]
Noun
[edit]carabassa f (plural carabasses)
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]carabassa