chicungunha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chikungunya (unadapted form)

Etymology

Borrowed from English chikungunya, from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.kũˈɡũ.ɲɐ/ [ʃi.kũˈɡũ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.kũˈɡũ.ɲɐ/ [ʃi.kũˈɡũ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.kũˈɡu.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃi.kũˈɡu.ɲɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃi.kũˈɡu.ɲɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.kũˈɡu.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: -ũɲɐ, -uɲɐ
• Hyphenation: chi‧cun‧gu‧nha

Noun

chicungunha f (uncountable)

1. chikungunya

   Synonym: catolotolo

See also

• dengue
• zica

Further reading

• “chicungunha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026