sabãu

Nheengatu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese sabão.

Cognate with Guajajára zàmàw.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧bãu

Noun

sabãu (plural sabãu-itá)

  1. soap

Derived terms

  • musabãu
  • pirayawara-sabãu
  • yawawira-sabãu

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “sabãu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 671
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