jai alai

Significado (Inglés)

a Basque ball game in which the players propel the ball using a long basket attached to the wrist

Sinónimos

pelota

Traducións

pelota vasca

cesta punta

pilota basca

jai alai

jaï-alaï

pelota

frontó

jai alai

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈhaɪlaɪ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Spanish, from Basque jai (“festival”) + alai (“merry”), coined by 19th century writer Serafín Baroja in order to replace the non-native name pilota. However, although jai alai is composed of Basque words, it is not the name actually used in Basque.