cauim

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • cauí

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kaûĩ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkawĩ/ [ˈkaʊ̯ĩ], /kaˈwĩ/

  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: cau‧im

Noun

cauim m (plural cauins)

  1. (Brazil) cauim (alcoholic beverage of Tupian origin, made by the fermentation of cashews, manioc or maize)
  2. (Brazil, colloquial, by extension) booze; grog

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ”, 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 225, column 1

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