Tickutick

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tico-tico.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰikuˈtik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: Tic‧ku‧tick

Noun

Tickutick m (plural Tickutick)

  1. rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

References

  1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Tickutick”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 163, column 1