grulla

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrul.la/
• Rhymes: -ulla
• Hyphenation: grùl‧la

Adjective

grulla

1. feminine singular of grullo

Noun

grulla f (plural grulle)

1. 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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾuʝa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡɾuʝa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡɾuʎa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡɾuʃa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡɾuʒa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -uʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒa

• Syllabification: gru‧lla

Noun

grulla f (plural grullas)

1. crane (bird)

Derived terms

• grulla blanca

 

Adjective

grulla

1. feminine singular of grullo

Further reading

• “grulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “grulla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 223-226