guarajuba

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Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Caranx crysos

Alternative forms

guaraiuba, guaruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûaraîuba.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwa.ɾaˈʒu.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwa.ɾaˈʒu.ba/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwa.ɾɐˈʒu.bɐ/

Rhymes: -ubɐ
Hyphenation: gua‧ra‧ju‧ba

Noun

guarajuba f (plural guarajubas)

(Brazil) blue runner (Caranx crysos)

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûaraîuba”, 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 134, column 1

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