kariakú

Nheengatu

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kariaˈku/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ri‧a‧kú

Noun

kariakú (plural kariakú-itá)

  1. (archaic) white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
    Synonym: suasú-kariakú

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: cariacu

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kariakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 375
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