zulla

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ˈθuʝa/ [ˈθu.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ˈθuʎa/ [ˈθu.ʎa]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /ˈsuʎa/ [ˈsu.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsuʃa/ [ˈsu.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsuʒa/ [ˈsu.ʒa]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝa
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎa
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃa
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒa

Syllabification: zu‧lla

Etymology 1

Latin suīlla.

Noun

zulla f (plural zullas)

(colloquial) human excrement, feces

Etymology 2

Variant of sulla, from Andalusian Arabic سُلَّة (sulla), سِلَّة (silla), meaning this very plant.

Noun

zulla f (plural zullas)

French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Hypernyms

Further reading

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

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