taltuza

Italian

Noun

taltuza m (invariable)

1. taltuza, gopher

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Pipil tāltūsan (“gopher”). Compare Classical Nahuatl tlālli (“earth, soil”) + tozan (“gopher, mole”) (compare tuza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /talˈtuθa/ [t̪al̪ˈt̪u.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /talˈtusa/ [t̪al̪ˈt̪u.sa]
• Rhymes: -uθa
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: tal‧tu‧za

Noun

taltuza f (plural taltuzas)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) gopher

   Synonym: (Mexico) tuza

Further reading

• “taltuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28