zulla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθuʝa/ [ˈθu.ʝa]

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

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsuʝa/ [ˈsu.ʝa]

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

 

• Rhymes: -uʝa

• Rhymes: -uʝa
• Rhymes: -uʎa
• Rhymes: -uʃa
• Rhymes: -uʒa

• Syllabification: zu‧lla

Etymology 1

Latin suīlla.

Noun

zulla f (plural zullas)

1. (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)

1. French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Hypernyms

• pipirigallo
• esparceta

Further reading

• “zulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10