pirikitu

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • pirikita (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese periquito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pi.ɾiˈki.tu]
  • Rhymes: -itu
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ri‧ki‧tu

Noun

pirikitu (plural pirikitu-itá)

  1. parakeet

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pirikitu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 612
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