cambacica
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- macacica
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi makasyka.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.baˈsi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.baˈsi.ka/
- Rhymes: -ikɐ
- Hyphenation: cam‧ba‧ci‧ca
Noun
cambacica f (plural cambacicas)
- (Brazil) bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Synonyms: papo-amarelo, caga-sebo, mariquita
Usage notes
The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, cambacica-macho for male and cambacica-fêmea for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.
Adjective
cambacica m or f (plural cambacicas)
References
- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “makasyka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 254, column 2
Further reading
- “cambacica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cambacica”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “cambacica”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “cambacica”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “cambacica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026