isipeliti
Xhosa
noun
Definitions
- clip
- safety pin
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans speld derived from Dutch, Flemish speld (pin) derived from Latin spīnula (needle, little thorn, spinule).
Origin
Latin
spīnula
Gloss
needle, little thorn, spinule
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
針
Emoji
💉 🧵 🪡
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *spingula Latin
- *spinla Latin
- spinulifer Latin
- spīna Latin
- spīnula Latin
- spilla Italian
- dasspeld Dutch, Flemish
- haarspeld Dutch, Flemish
- krulspeld Dutch, Flemish
- speld Dutch, Flemish
- veiligheidsspeld Dutch, Flemish
- espiñela Galician
- spelde Middle Dutch
- spenala Old High German
- haakspeld Afrikaans
- haarspeld Afrikaans
- speld Afrikaans
- spëndelinc Middle High German