nigua

English

Etymology

From Spanish nigua, from Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniː.ɡwə/

Noun

nigua (plural niguas)

  1. A tropical flea, the chigoe.

References
  • nigua in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡwa/ [ˈni.ɣ̞wa]

Noun

nigua f (plural niguas)

  1. chigoe, jigger (Tunga penetrans)

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

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