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Portuguese
Etymology
From poli- + silábico.
Pronunciation
Adjective
polissilábico (feminine polissilábica, masculine plural polissilábicos, feminine plural polissilábicas)
- (of a word) polysyllabic (having more than one syllable)
- 1953, Revista de Portugal: Língua Portuguesa, violume 18, issues 111-120, page 75:
Se é certo que em algumas palavras sânscritas a sua raiz ainda não pôde ser reduzida à sua sílaba originária, não é menos verdade que a maior parte dessas de raiz aparentemente polissilábica não puderam resistir à compressão a que as sujeitou a análise europeia no século passado nem à luz a que no-las permite ver o estudo comparativo das línguas.- If it is certain that the root of some Sanskrit words still can’t be reduced to its original syllable, it is not less true that most of these apparently polysyllabic roots was unable to resist the compression that it was subjected to by European analysis in the last century, not even considering what they allow us to see in the comparative studies of languages.
1983, Luís Gouvêa de Paula, A língua tapirapé, Xerox, page 16:Raízes polissilábicas não são alteradas: kyyxe 'ter medo', […]- Polysyllabic roots remain unaltered: kyyxe 'to fear',
- Aldir Santos de Paula, Nasalidade na língua Poyanáwa (Pano): um exercício de análise in January-June 2000, Leitura, volume 25, page 24:
O Baikari tem radicais monossilábicos e polissilábicos.- Baikari has monosyllabic and polysyllabic radicals.
- Synonym: polissílabo