caribú

See also: caribu and caribù

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾiˈbu/ [ka.ɾiˈβ̞u]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ca‧ri‧bú

Noun

caribú m (plural caribús or caribúes)

1. caribou, reindeer

   Synonym: reno

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: caribú

Further reading

• “caribú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caribú, from French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu.

Noun

caribú

1. Caribou, reindeer.
   • 1964, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, “Ini nonca yulcötl itucö caribú”, in Yulcöme‎^[1], México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 7:

     Ini caribú icaca quienami masötl.

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