yegua

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• yeugua

Etymology

From Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Compare Catalan euga, Spanish yegua, Galician egua, Portuguese égua, Romanian iapă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɡwa/
• Syllabification: ye‧gua
• Rhymes: -eɡwa

Noun

yegua f (plural yeguas)

1. mare

References

• “yegua”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “yegua”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Fala

Alternative forms

• egua (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish yegua, from Latin equa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeɡwa/
• Rhymes: -eɡwa
• Syllabification: ye‧gua

Noun

yegua f (plural yeguas)

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) mare

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin equa, from equus + -a.

Noun

yegua f (plural yeguas)

1. mare (female horse)

Descendants

• Ladino: yegua
• Spanish: yegua

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

yegua

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos

Proto-Italic *ekwos

Latin equus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin equa

Old Spanish yegua

Spanish yegua

Inherited from Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɡwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞wa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝeɡwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞wa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɡwa/ [ˈʃe.ɣ̞wa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒeɡwa/ [ˈʒe.ɣ̞wa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -eɡwa
• Syllabification: ye‧gua

Noun

yegua f (plural yeguas, masculine caballo, masculine plural caballos)

1. mare (female horse)
2. heifer (female cow)
3. (Cuba, Uruguay, derogatory, colloquial) contemptible woman
4. (Guatemala, Honduras) cigarette butt, fag
5. the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• palo de yegua

Descendants

• → Jakaltek: yewaẍ
• → Oluta Popoluca: ye̱wa
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: yehualama
• → Tagalog: yegwa

See also

• caballo

Further reading

• “yegua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “yegua”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010