jatobá

See also: jatoba and Jatobá

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îeta'ybá.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒa.toˈba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐ.tuˈba/ [ʒɐ.tuˈβa]

  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ja‧to‧bá

Noun

jatobá m (plural jatobás)

  1. courbaril (a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril)
  2. the wood of this tree, highly desirable because of its hardness

Further reading

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