sauiá
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi saûîá.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sawˈja/ [saʊ̯ˈja]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sawˈja/
- Hyphenation: sau‧i‧á
Noun
sauiá m (plural sauiás)
- synonym of porquinho-da-índia
Further reading
- “sauiá”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sauiá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026