abuela

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish abuela.

Noun

abuéla

1. grandmother

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbwela/ [aˈβ̞we.la]

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• IPA^(key): (dialectal) /aˈwela/ [aˈwe.la], /aˈɡwela/ [aˈɣ̞we.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: a‧bue‧la

Noun

abuela f (plural abuelas, masculine abuelo, masculine plural abuelos)

1. grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo
2. (colloquial) old woman

Derived terms

• abu
• abue
• abuela materna
• abuela paterna
• abuela política
• abuelita (diminutive)
• éramos pocos y parió la abuela
• no tener abuela
• si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta
• tía abuela

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: abuéla
• → Papiamentu: wela

References

• “abuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 211

Further reading

• “abuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10