quicongo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Kongo Kikongo, from ki- + Kongo, the prefix indicating inanimate or abstract nouns, and used to form language names.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈkõ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈkõ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kiˈkõ.ɡu/
- Hyphenation: qui‧con‧go
Noun
quicongo m (uncountable)
- Kongo (language)
Further reading
- “quicongo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “quicongo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026