ardillita

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.?

Old Spanish (h)arda

Early Modern Spanish (h)arda

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Early Modern Spanish -illa

Early Modern Spanish (h)ardilla

Spanish ardilla

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish -ita

Spanish ardillita

From ardilla + -ita.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾdiˈʝita/ [aɾ.ð̞iˈʝi.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /aɾdiˈʝita/ [aɾ.ð̞iˈʝi.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾdiˈʎita/ [aɾ.ð̞iˈʎi.t̪a] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aɾdiˈʃita/ [aɾ.ð̞iˈʃi.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aɾdiˈʒita/ [aɾ.ð̞iˈʒi.t̪a] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aɾdiˈita/ [aɾ.ð̞iˈi.t̪a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ar‧di‧lli‧ta

Noun

ardillita f (plural ardillitas)

1. diminutive of ardilla
   • 2015 July 26, “Neil Gaiman, padre de 1.001 mundos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Las de mi padre eran sobre ardillitas que vivían al otro lado de la ventana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)