guirajuba

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Portuguese

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guirajuba

Alternative forms

guarajuba, guarujuba, guaruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyraîuba.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɡi.ɾɐˈʒu.bɐ/

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

Noun

guirajuba f (plural guirajubas)

(Brazil) golden parakeet (Guaruba guarouba)
Synonym: ararajuba

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyraîuba”, 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 139, column 2

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