japu

Hanga Hundi

Noun

japu

  1. (a) lime

Further reading

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaˈpu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ja‧pu

Noun

japu

  1. lie

Verb

japu (active)

  1. to lie

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “japu”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 34, column 2

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îapu.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ja‧pu

Noun

japu m (plural japus)

  1. (Brazil) a bird from the genus Psarocolius or (loosely) from the family Icteridae
    Synonyms: joão-congo, joncongo, rei-congo, rubixá, (Amazonas) acaeraisaua, (Minas Gerais) fura-banana
    Hyponyms: guirá-tangueira, japu-do-bico-encarnado, japu-gamela, japu-grande, japu-pardo, japu-preto, japu-verde, japuaçu, japuguaçu, joncongo, joão-congo, rei-congo

Derived terms

  • japu-do-bico-encarnado
  • japu-do-chocó
  • japu-gamela
  • japu-grande
  • japu-mexicano
  • japu-pardo
  • japu-preto
  • japu-verde
  • japuaçu, japuguaçu
  • japujuba

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “îapu”, 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 160, column 1

Further reading

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