ababangai

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

ababangaí

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ababangay. First attested in 1871.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.bɐ̃ˈɡaj/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.bɐ̃ˈɡaj/

Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ban‧gai

Noun

ababangai m (plural ababangais)

(botany) midnight horror (Oroxylon indicum)

References

“ababangai”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“ababangai”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Ababangai”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), volume I, number 7, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, page 23

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