jagua

Guaraní

jagua

Noun

jagua (plural jaguakuéra)

1. dog

Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology

From Old Tupi îaûara, cognate with Guaraní jagua.

Noun

jagua

1. dog
2. (obsolete, now used only in fixed expressions) jaguar

Paraguayan Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈɰʷa/

Noun

jagua (plural jaguakuéra)

1. dog

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɡwa/ [ˈxa.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: ja‧gua

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xahualli.

Noun

jagua f (plural jaguas)

1. a fruit tree native to the North and South American tropics, Genipa americana, with an edible fruit that, while still unripe, contains a colored juice used in body painting
2. the fruit of this tree

Etymology 2

Noun

jagua f (plural jaguas)

1. the fruit of a species of palm tree, the jagua palm

Further reading

• “jagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014