uçá

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi usá.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: u‧çá

Noun

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uçá m (plural uçás)

  1. (Brazil) swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “usá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 503, column 2