pindaíba
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Tupi pinda'yba (“fishing rod”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pin‧da‧í‧ba
Noun[edit]
pindaíba f (plural pindaíbas)
- rope made of the ibira coconut tree
- tree of the species Duguetia lanceolata
- (Brazil, informal) scarcity of money, especially a temporary poverty
References[edit]
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pindaíba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 383, columns 1–2
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