ninniella

Old Spanish

Etymology

From ninna (“pupil”) +‎ -iella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɲjeʎa/

Noun

ninniella f (plural ninniellas)

1. (anatomy) pupil
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 48r:

     […] fazen della alcohol pora ſanar el albura del oio que ſe faz manziella. & otroſſi la ninniella que quiere salir del por grand dolor.

     […] they make alcohol from it to cure the whiteness of a blemished eye and another for the pupil that is popping out from it due to a great pain.

Related terms

• manziella