caraíba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi karaíba.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

caraíba m or f (plural caraíbas)

  1. (Brazil, historical) white person

Derived terms

  • Caraíba

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), 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 276
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