llinya

Meaning

1. (feminine) fishing line
2. (archaic, feminine) line

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʎi.ɲə]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: līnea

Cognate with Spanish: línea

Cognate with Portuguese: linha

In summary

Inherited from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of línia. Cognate with Spanish and Galician liña, Spanish línea, and Portuguese linha.