xulla

Catalan

Etymology

From earlier ensunya (“lard”) by a process of palatalisation (i.e. *enxunya), dissimilation (i.e. *enxulla), and misdivision (i.e. *en xulla). Ultimately from Latin axungia (“axle grease”). Cognate to Galician enxunlla, Asturian enxundia, Spanish enjundia and Portuguese enxúndia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃu.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃu.ʎa]

Noun

xulla f (plural xulles)

1. (Balearic) bacon

   Synonym: cansalada

2. (Empordà) a strip of fried bacon
3. (Valencia) a cooked pork, beef, goat, or lamb rib

   Synonym: costella

Derived terms

• coca de xulla
• xulleta

Further reading

• “xulla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “xulla”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)