tuim

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tu'ĩ. First attested in 1511 in the logbook of the ship Bretoa.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈĩ/ [tʊˈĩ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwĩ/

  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: tu‧im

Noun

tuim m (plural tuins)

  1. any parrotlet of the genus Forpus
    Synonyms: periquitinho, periquito, periquito-de-santo-antônio, periquito-miúdo
  2. (strictly) cobalt-rumped parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius)
    Synonyms: bate-bunda, bate-cu, caturra, coió, coió-coió, cu-cosido, cuiuba, miúdo, periquitinho-de-vassoura, periquito-de-asa-azul, periquito-vassoura, quilim, tabacu, tapa-cu, tapacum, tiú, tuí, tuietê, tuitiri, tuitirica, tuí-tuí, tuiuti
  3. (strictly) green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
    Synonyms: periquitinho-santo, periquito-de-são-joão, periquito-do-espírito-santo, periquito-santo

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