cauim
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi kaûĩ.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: cau‧im
Noun
cauim m (plural cauins)
- (Brazil) cauim (alcoholic beverage of Tupian origin, made by the fermentation of cashews, manioc or maize)
- (Brazil, colloquial, by extension) booze; grog
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 225, column 1
Further reading
- “cauim”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “cauim”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “cauim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “cauim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “cauim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024