tollina
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dissimilation from toñina, from Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), alluding to the blows used to finish off this fish once its caught.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: to‧lli‧na
Noun[edit]
tollina f (plural tollinas)
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “tollina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014