falda

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • skirt
  • (by extension) woman
  • (slang) bit of skirt woman as an object of desire
  • (butchery) brisket a cut of meat
  • mountainside

Etymology

Derived from Frankish *falda (fold) derived from *falþan (fold) root from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

皮, 膚, 肌

Emoji

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