moquém
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Tupi moka'ẽ (“wooden grill”).[1] Compare English buccan, French boucan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) Rhymes: -ẽj̃
- Hyphenation: mo‧quém
Noun[edit]
moquém m (plural moquéns)
- (Brazil) buccan (a handmade grill made with sticks, of Tupian origin)
- (Brazil) buccan (the meat prepared in such grill)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moka'ẽ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 294, columns 1–2
- “moquém” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “moquém” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “moquém” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “moquém” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽj̃
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
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