cornaca
Portuguese
Etymology
From Sinhalese කූරුව-නායක (kūruwa-nāyaka, “elephant trainer”), from කූරුව (kūruwa, “elephant department”) + Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader”).
Noun
cornaca m (plural cornacas)
- mahout (elephant driver and keeper)
Spanish
Etymology
From Portuguese cornaca.
Noun
cornaca m (plural cornacas)
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Sinhalese
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- Portuguese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
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- Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
- Portuguese masculine nouns
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Portuguese
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Occupations