Muskitt

Hunsrik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Latin musca
    Old Spanish mosca
    Old Spanish -ito
    Old Spanish mosquito
    Spanish mosquitobor.
    Brazilian Portuguese mosquitobor.
    Hunsrik Muskitt

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mosquito.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /muʃˈkit/
    • Rhymes: -it
    • Syllabification: Mus‧kitt

    Noun

    Muskitt m (plural Muskitte)

    1. mosquito
      Die Muskitte losse mich net schlofe.
      The mosquitoes will not let me sleep.

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Muskitt”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 114, column 2
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