a collibè

Catalan

FWOTD – 24 April 2022

Etymology

From a (“to, at”) +‎ coll (“neck”) +‎ i (“and”) +‎ be (“sheep”), from shepherds' habit of carrying lambs over their shoulders.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ə ku.ʎiˈβɛ]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə ko.ʎiˈbə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a ko.ʎiˈbe]

Adverb

piggyback (sitting on one's shoulders)
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
  Se'm penjava del pit i a collibè a discreció.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“collibè”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“a collibè” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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