mandonguilla

• mondonguilla

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.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mən.duŋˈɡi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.doŋˈɡi.ʎa]

mandonguilla f (plural mandonguilles)

1. meatball

• pilota

• “mandonguilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.