papagaio
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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese papagay (“parrot”) (c. 1300, Dom Dinis), from Old Occitan papagay (“parrot”), ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
papagaio m (plural papagaios)
References
- “papagai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “papagai” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “papagaio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese papagay (“parrot”), from Old Occitan papagay (“parrot”), ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aju
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧gai‧o
Noun
papagaio m (plural papagaios, feminine papagaia, feminine plural papagaias)