gholut

Karipúna Creole French

FWOTD – 22 September 2013

Etymology

From gho (“big; fat”) +‎ lut (“otter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡhoˈlut/

Noun

gholut

1. giant otter (a South American mustelid, Pteronura brasiliensis)

References

• Alfred W. Tobler (1987) Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna (in Karipúna Creole French), Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 11