grulla

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrul.la/
• Rhymes: -ulla
• Hyphenation: grùl‧la

Adjective

grulla

1. feminine singular of grullo

Noun

grulla f (plural grulle)

1. female equivalent of grullo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• grúa (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish grulla, probably from an alteration of Old Spanish grúa, gruya, from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). The confusion of y and ll in this term is already present in medieval texts, and Coromines and Pascual suspect it may be explained as Leonese or Aragonese influence, in which some areas apparently showed a ll-y merger.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾuʝa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡɾuʝa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈɡɾuʎa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡɾuʃa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡɾuʒa/ [ˈɡɾu.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -uʝa

• Rhymes: -uʝa
• Rhymes: -uʎa
• Rhymes: -uʃa
• Rhymes: -uʒa

• Syllabification: gru‧lla

Noun

grulla f (plural grullas)

1. crane (bird)

Derived terms

• grulla blanca

Adjective

grulla

1. feminine singular of grullo

Further reading

• “grulla”, 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
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “grulla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 223-226