mandonguilla

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === mondonguilla === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish almondiguilla (“little meatball”), influenced by mondongo (“tripe”). From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Spanish albóndiga and Portuguese almôndega. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mən.duŋˈɡi.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [man.doŋˈɡi.ʎa] === Noun === mandonguilla f (plural mandonguilles) meatball ==== See also ==== pilota === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mandonguilla”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)