caquesseitão

Portuguese

FWOTD – 7 January 2019

Etymology

The term was most likely coined by Fernão Mendes Pinto but a Malay origin is not excluded.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ke.sejˈtɐ̃w̃/ [ka.ke.seɪ̯ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɨ.sɐjˈtɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɨ.sɐjˈtɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɨ.sejˈtɐ̃w̃/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɨ.sejˈtɐ̃w̃/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.kɨ.seˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ques‧sei‧tão

Noun

caquesseitão m (plural caquesseitões)

1. a creature mentioned in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s memoir Peregrinação, described as having the size of a large duck, being black, having bat-like wings, a lizard-like tail, a snake-like neck, spikes the length of a quill on its back and a rooster-like spur on the back of its head

Further reading

• caquesseitão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Peregrinaçam on the Portuguese Wikisource.Wikisource ^pt