acequia

English

Etymology

From the Spanish; ultimately from Classical Arabic verb سَقَى‎ (saqā, “to irrigate”).

Noun

acequia (plural acequias)

(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An acequia, an irrigation ditch.

Spanish

Etymology

Arabic سَاقِيَة‎ (sāqiya, “irrigation”), from سَقَى‎ (saqā, “to irrigate”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈθekja/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈsekja/

Noun

acequia f (plural acequias)

(agriculture) irrigation ditch

Further reading

“acequia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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