kubẽta

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese coberta 'blanket', reshaped by analogy with kubẽjaê 'hammock', whose first element is kubẽ 'foreigner' (from Proto-Northern Jê *kubẽ (foreigner)).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [kuˌbẽˈta]

Noun

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kubẽta

  1. blanket