sawiyá

See also: sawiya

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi saûîá or sagûiá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sa.wiˈja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: sa‧wi‧yá

Noun

sawiyá (plural sawiyá-itá)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) guinea pig
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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “sawiyá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 687
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