tagua

English

Etymology

From Spanish tagua.

Noun

tagua (countable and uncountable, plural taguas)

1. The fruit of the tagua palm. When dried, it can be carved like ivory, and is used for beads, buttons, etc.

Synonyms

• tagua nut
• vegetable ivory

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɡa/

Verb

tagua

1. third-person singular past historic of taguer

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Italian

Noun

tagua m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of pecari del Chaco

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Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua tawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡwa/ [ˈt̪a.ɣ̞wa]

Noun

tagua f (uncountable)

1. vegetable ivory

Descendants

• → English: tagua

Further reading

• “tagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014