haraquiri
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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (はらきり (harakiri)), from 腹 (はら (hara, “belly”)) + 切る (きる (kiru, “cut”)).
Noun
haraquiri m (uncountable)
- hara-kiri (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen)
References
- “haraquiri”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
haraquiri m (plural haraquiris)
- hara-kiri (ceremonial Japanese suicide)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (はらきり (harakiri)), from 腹 (はら (hara, “belly”)) + 切る (きる (kiru, “cut”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
haraquiri m (uncountable)
- hara-kiri (ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen)
Further reading
- “haraquiri”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014