oveja

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

oveja f (Latin spelling)

1. ewe, sheep

Spanish

oveja

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Russian овца (ovca)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbexa/ [oˈβ̞e.xa]

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: o‧ve‧ja

Noun

oveja f (plural ovejas)

1. sheep

   Synonym: carnero

Derived terms

• lengua de oveja
• oveja negra
• ovejero
• ovejuno

 

Further reading

• “oveja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28