tulevieja

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === tulivieja === Etymology === From tule (“a type of hat”) +‎ vieja (“old woman, hag”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuleˈbjexa/ [t̪u.leˈβ̞je.xa] Rhymes: -exa Syllabification: tu‧le‧vie‧ja === Proper noun === tulevieja f (Costa Rica and Panama folklore) an errant female ghost who wears a tule hat, with a thick body, swollen breasts, sometimes leaking milk, and tangled hair. === Further reading === “tulevieja”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010