tollina
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[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
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- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: to‧lli‧na
Noun
[edit]tollina f (plural tollinas)
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tollina”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “tollina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28