pindaíba

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pinda'yba (“fishing rod”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pin‧da‧í‧ba

Noun

pindaíba f (plural pindaíbas)

  1. rope made of the ibira coconut tree
  2. tree of the species Duguetia lanceolata
  3. (Brazil, informal) scarcity of money, especially a temporary poverty

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pindaíba”, 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 383, columns 1–2
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