cabuya

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno kabuya.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbuʝa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbuʝa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈbuʃa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbuʒa/ [kaˈβ̞u.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -uʝa
• Syllabification: ca‧bu‧ya

Noun

cabuya f (plural cabuyas)

1. sisal

   Synonym: pita

2. cord

Derived terms

• cabuyería

 

Further reading

• “cabuya”, 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