nigua

From Spanish nigua, from Taíno [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.ɡwə/

nigua (plural niguas)

1. A tropical flea, the chigoe.

• “nigua”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Gunai, gunia, unagi

From Taíno.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡwa/ [ˈni.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -iɡwa
• Syllabification: ni‧gua

nigua f (plural niguas)

1. chigoe, jigger (Tunga penetrans)

• “nigua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025