tuiuiú

Portuguese

FWOTD – 18 December 2012

Um tuiuiú.

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Cariban language.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.juˈju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.juˈju/

Noun

tuiuiú m (plural tuiuiús)

1. (Brazil) jabiru (a species of bird in the stork family)

   Synonyms: cauauã, jabiru, jaburu, tuiupara, tuiú-quarteleiro

   • 2001, Lucinda Nogueira Persona, “Tuiuiú”, in Sopa escaldante, →ISBN, page 22:

     De nossas necessidades
     faço histórias, ponderações, estudos
     explicação comum de tuiuiú eu tenho:
     ele passou da conta no crescer
     o tuiuiú, quando acorda e abre as asas,
     ultrapassa as bordas do amanhecer
     deste modo, […]

     Of our needs
     I create stories, ponderings, studies
     I have a common jabiru explanation:
     it stepped over the line when growing up
     The jabiru, when it wakes up and extends its wings,
     crosses the borders of sunrise
     like this, […]