cauim
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Tupi kaûĩ.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: cau‧im
Noun
editcauim m (plural cauins)
- (Brazil) cauim (alcoholic beverage of Tupian origin, made by the fermentation of cashews, manioc or maize)
- (Brazil, colloquial, by extension) booze; grog
References
edit- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ”, 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 225, column 1
Further reading
edit- “cauim” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “cauim” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “cauim” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “cauim” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “cauim” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ĩ
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- pt:Alcoholic beverages