cíbolo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cíbola, itself from Zuni Shiwina.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθibolo/ [ˈθi.β̞o.lo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsibolo/ [ˈsi.β̞o.lo]
- Rhymes: -ibolo
- Syllabification: cí‧bo‧lo
Noun
[edit]cíbolo m (plural cíbolos)
- (New Mexico) buffalo (North American bison)
- Synonyms: bisonte americano, búfalo
References
[edit]- Romero, Simon, Rios, Desiree (2023 April 9) “New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth”, in The New York Times[1], retrieved April 9, 2023
- Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish[2], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “cíbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- "cíbolo", Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española (TDHLE) [3]