guirajuba
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyraîuba.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ubɐ
- Hyphenation: gui‧ra‧ju‧ba
Noun edit
guirajuba f (plural guirajubas)
- (Brazil) golden parakeet (Guaruba guarouba)
- Synonym: ararajuba
References edit
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyraîuba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 139, column 2