a collibè

Catalan

FWOTD – 24 April 2022

Etymology

From a (“to, at”) +‎ coll (“neck”) +‎ i (“and”) +‎ be (“sheep”), from shepherds' habit of carrying lambs over their shoulders.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə ku.ʎiˈβɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə ko.ʎiˈbə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a ko.ʎiˈbe]

Adverb

a collibè

1. piggyback (sitting on one's shoulders)
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Se'm penjava del pit i a collibè a discreció.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “collibè”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “a collibè” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.