noun, feminine/ˈʝeɡwa/plural: yeguas
mare (female horse); heifer (female cow); contemptible woman; cigarette butt, fag; the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Italic *ekwos Latin equus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin equa Old Spanish yegua Spanish yegua Inherited from Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”).