coligüe

Spanish

Alt forms

• colihue

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun coliu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈliɡwe/ [koˈli.ɣ̞we]
• Rhymes: -iɡwe
• Syllabification: co‧li‧güe

Noun

coligüe m (plural coligües)

1. (Argentina, Chile) a type of South American mountain bamboo (Chusquea coleou)

Further reading

• “coligüe”, 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