tuiuiú

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Portuguese

Um tuiuiú.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tuîuîu.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tuiuiú m (plural tuiuiús)

  1. (Brazil) jabiru (a species of bird in the stork family)
    Synonyms: cauauã, jabiru, jaburu, tuiupara, tuiú-quarteleiro
    • 2001, Lucinda Nogueira Persona, “Tuiuiú”, in Sopa escaldante, →ISBN, page 22:
      De nossas necessidades
      faço histórias, ponderações, estudos
      explicação comum de tuiuiú eu tenho:
      ele passou da conta no crescer
      o tuiuiú, quando acorda e abre as asas,
      ultrapassa as bordas do amanhecer
      deste modo, []
      Of our needs
      I create stories, ponderings, studies
      I have a common jabiru explanation:
      it stepped over the line when growing up
      The jabiru, when it wakes up and extends its wings,
      crosses the borders of sunrise
      like this,

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tuîuîu”, 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 481, column 2