piracanjuba

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Portuguese

piracanjuba

Etymology

From Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) + akanga (“head”) + îub (“yellow”) + -a: yellow headed fish.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾa.kɐ̃ˈʒu.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾa.kɐ̃ˈʒu.ba/

  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧can‧ju‧ba

Noun

piracanjuba m (plural piracanjubas)

  1. (Brazil) a freshwater fish from South American rivers (Brycon orbignyanus)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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
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