cuatrillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish cuatrillo.

Noun

cuatrillo

  1. An obsolete letter (Ꜭ, ꜭ) shaped like a 4 with a hook, used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective.

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Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From cuatro (“four”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kwaˈtɾiʝo/ [kwaˈt̪ɾi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kwaˈtɾiʎo/ [kwaˈt̪ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kwaˈtɾiʃo/ [kwaˈt̪ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kwaˈtɾiʒo/ [kwaˈt̪ɾi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: cua‧tri‧llo

Noun

cuatrillo m (plural cuatrillos)

  1. an obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook from colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective

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