vaquiella
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Old Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- uaquiella (alternative spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vaquiella f (plural vaquiellas)
- heifer
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:
- Al dia ſeteno dixierõ lo ellos aſãſõ. Q̃ es mas dulce q̃ la miel o q̃l es mas fuerte del leon. dixo ſãpſõ. Si nõ araſſedes cõ mẏ uaq̃ella. nõ ſoltariedes mi adeuinãçiella.
- On the seventh day, they said to Samson, “What is sweeter than honey? Or what is stronger than a lion?” Samson said, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my little riddle!”
Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: vaquilla