quipá

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: qui‧pá

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew כיפה.

Noun

quipá m or f (plural quipás)

  1. kippah; yarmulke (skullcap worn by Jewish males)
    Synonym: solidéu

Etymology 2

Uncertain, possibly from Old Tupi kipa.

Noun

quipá m (plural quipás)

  1. (Brazil) Tacinga inamoena (syn. Opuntia inamoena), a small cactus of South America

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