mandonguilla

Catalan

Alternative forms

• mondonguilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almondiguilla (“little meatball”), influenced by mondongo (“tripe”). From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Spanish albóndiga and Portuguese almôndega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mən.duŋˈɡi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.doŋˈɡi.ʎa]

Noun

mandonguilla f (plural mandonguilles)

1. meatball

See also

• pilota

Further reading

• “mandonguilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.