cabilla
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cāvicula, from Latin clāvicula (“pin”); probably via Old Occitan cavilla. Cognate with Italian caviglia, Portuguese cavilha, Occitan cavilha. Doublet of llavija, lavija, clavija, and clavícula. First attested in 1489.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbiʝa/ [kaˈβ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /kaˈbiʎa/ [kaˈβ̞i.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaˈbiʃa/ [kaˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaˈbiʒa/ [kaˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧bi‧lla
Noun
cabilla f (plural cabillas)
Descendants
- → Cebuano: kabilya
Further reading
- “cabilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “cabilla”, 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