oveja

Ladino

Noun

oveja f (Latin spelling)

ewe, sheep

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈbexa/, [oˈβexa]

Noun

oveja f (plural ovejas)

sheep

Synonyms

carnero

Derived terms

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.