piracanjuba
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Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Tupi pirá (“fish”) + akanga (“head”) + îub (“yellow”) + -a: yellow headed fish.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧can‧ju‧ba
Noun
[edit]piracanjuba m (plural piracanjubas)
- (Brazil) a freshwater fish from South American rivers (Brycon orbignyanus)
References
[edit]- ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013