porongo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish porongo.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈɾõ.ɡu/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈɾõ.ɡo/

    • Rhymes: -õɡu
    • Hyphenation: po‧ron‧go

    Noun

    porongo m (plural porongos)

    1. gourd (the dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit)
      Synonyms: cabaça, cuia
    2. (Rio Grande do Sul) calabash (plant and fruit)

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Prunkel

    Spanish

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Quechua purunku (“calabash, plant and fruit and vessel of the calabash vine”), itself probably an ancient wanderwort from the South Sea for an inedible variety of calabash vine.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /poˈɾonɡo/ [poˈɾõŋ.ɡo]
      • Audio (Peru):(file)
      • Rhymes: -onɡo
      • Syllabification: po‧ron‧go

      Noun

      porongo m (plural porongos)

      1. calabash

      References

      • Friederici, Georg (1960) Amerikanistisches Wörterbuch und Hilfswörterbuch für den Amerikanisten. Deutsch-Spanisch-Englisch (Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde / Reihe B: Völkerkunde, Kulturgeschichte und Sprachen; 53), 2nd edition, Hamburg: Cram, De Gruyter & Co., →DOI, page 524b

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