curiara
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curiara, itself borrowed from a Cariban language; compare Kari'na kurijara, Ye'kwana kudiyada.
Noun
curiara (plural curiaras)
- a dugout canoe used by indigenous people in South America
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
curiara
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of curiar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Cariban language; compare Kari'na kurijara, Ye'kwana kudiyada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈɾjaɾa/ [kuˈɾja.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Syllabification: cu‧ria‧ra
Noun
curiara f (plural curiaras)
- a type of wooden canoe found in South America
Descendants
- → English: curiara
Further reading
- “curiara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024