tulevieja

an errant female ghost who wears a tule hat, with a thick body, swollen breasts, sometimes leaking milk, and tangled hair.

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl tōllinbor. Spanish tule Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wétos Proto-Italic *wetos Latin vetus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin vetulus Latin vetula Late Latin vecla Old Spanish vieja Spanish vieja Spanish tulevieja From tule (“a type of hat”) + vieja (“old woman, hag”).