sortilla

• sortija

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorticula (“small object for casting lots”), diminutive of sors (“fate”). Cognate with Galician sortella, Spanish sortija.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [surˈti.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [soɾˈti.ʎa]

sortilla f (plural sortilles)

1. the ring used in ring jousting
2. ring jousting (a mediaeval and modern sport where horseback riders try to speak a hanging ring with a lance or pole)
3. a type of carnival game in which a person uses a pole to fish for fruit in a tank

• sortiller

• justa

• “sortilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.