cíbolo

Spanish

Etymology

From Cíbola, itself from Zuni Shiwina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθibolo/ [ˈθi.β̞o.lo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsibolo/ [ˈsi.β̞o.lo]
Rhymes: -ibolo
Syllabification: cí‧bo‧lo

Noun

cíbolo m (plural cíbolos)

(New Mexico) buffalo (North American bison)
Synonyms: bisonte americano, búfalo

References

Romero, Simon, Rios, Desiree (2023 April 9) “New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth”, in The New York Times‎, retrieved April 9, 2023
Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎, Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

“cíbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
"cíbolo", Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española (TDHLE)

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