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tipula.

onion

6 characters3 syllables approx.Euskara language

Meaning & usage

noun/tipula/[t̪i.pu.la]
  1. onion

    inanimate
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin cepulla. The change in the initial consonant suggests that the term was borrowed when Latin /k/ had palatalized to [kʲ], and that Basque speakers, lacking that sound, interpreted it as /t/ (or as /k/, hence the dialectal form kipula). Compare Spanish cebolla, Italian cipolla.

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