Feminine
oveja
sheep
Frequency
Hyphenated as
o‧ve‧ja
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oˈbexa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Russian овца (ovca)
Schaf
pecora
mouton
ovella
schaap
πρόβατο
koyun
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