English
güira
Güira comes from Spanish güira ‘female equivalent of güiro, female kid, girl’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentgüira‘female equivalent of güiro, female kid, girl’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentgüira‘female equivalent of güiro, female kid, girl’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Spanish güira
Today it means
noun A percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish güira / güira