colihue

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈliwe/ [koˈli.we]
Rhymes: -iwe
Syllabification: co‧li‧hue

Noun

colihue m (plural colihues)

(Argentina, Chile) a type of South American mountain bamboo (Chusquea coleou)
(slang, Chile) gay (homosexual man)
Synonym: cola

Further reading

“colihue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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