mangusto

Ido

Noun

mangusto (plural mangusti)

1. mongoose

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• manguço

Etymology

From Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭 (muṃgusa), from Sanskrit मद्गुश (madguśa). Ultimately a Dravidian borrowing (compare Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa)).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡus.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡus.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡuʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡus.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡuʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
• Hyphenation: man‧gus‧to

Noun

mangusto m (plural mangustos)

1. mongoose

   Synonym: saca-rabo

Descendants

• → French: mangouste
  • → Dutch: mangoeste
  • → Russian: мангу́ст (mangúst), мангу́ста (mangústa)
    • → Kazakh: мангуст (mañust)
  • → Spanish: mangosta
    • → Catalan: mangosta
• → English: mongoose

Further reading

• “mangusto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.