guaiamum

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Portuguese

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guaiamum

Alternative forms

guaiamu, gaiamu, goiamu, goiamum, guaiumum

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûaîamũ.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwaj.aˈmũ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwaj.ɐˈmũ/

Rhymes: -ũ
Hyphenation: guai‧a‧mum

Noun

guaiamum m (plural guaiamuns)

(Brazil) blue land crab (Cardisoma guanhumi)

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûanhumỹ”, 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 132, column 2

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