javali

English

Noun

javali (plural javalis)

1. A kind of light love song in Carnatic music.

Portuguese

javali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally “pig of the mountains”) via Andalusian Arabic.

Cognate with Galician xabaril, xabarín, Asturian xabalín, Spanish jabalí (whence English javelina) and Aragonese chabalin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.vaˈli/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.vɐˈli/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.vɐˈli/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.bɐˈli/ [ʒɐ.βɐˈli]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ja‧va‧li

Noun

javali m (plural javalis, feminine javalina, feminine plural javalinas)

1. wild boar

   Synonym: javardo

2. (chiefly Africa) warthog

   Synonyms: facoquero, javali-africano

Usage notes

• Note that this means “wild boar”, not “peccary”, as in English javelina (“peccary”).

Further reading

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