Amarelinha
The child's game sense is probably from French marelle (“hopscotch”), later reinterpreted as having to do with amarelo (“yellow”).
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/ [a.ma.ɾɛˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾɛˈli.ɲa/
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧re‧li‧nha
amarelinha f (plural amarelinhas)
- (Brazil) hopscotch (child’s game)
- Synonyms: (Portugual) macaca, (Mozambique) neca
amarelinha
- feminine singular of amarelinho