Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Tupi mokaîe'yba.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈkaju.vɐ/ [boˈkaɪ̯u.vɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈkaju.va/ [boˈkaɪ̯u.va]
 

Proper noun

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Bocaiuva

  1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

References

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  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