aleia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlej.ɐ/ [aˈleɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlej.ɐ/ [aˈleɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlej.a/ [aˈleɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈle.ɐ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French allée.

Alternative forms

• álea

Noun

aleia f (plural aleias)

1. allée, a lane bordered by trees
2. lane (a narrow path between walls)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sinhalese අලියා (aliyā, “elephant”).

Noun

aleia m or f (plural aleias)

1. (historical, India, Sri Lanka) tuskless elephant
   • 1942 [1735-1736], Damião Peres, editor, compiled by Bernardo Gomes de Brito, História Tragico-Marítima‎^[1], volume II, Porto: Portucalense Editora, published 1942, →OCLC, Descrição da cidade de Columbo, pelo padre Manoel Barradas, da Companhia de Jesus [Description of the city of Colombo, by father Manoel Barradas, of the Society of Jesus], page 84:

     Em logar de azêmolas se servem ali de aleias (aleia é todo o elefante sem dente, quer seja macho ou fêmea).

     In place of beasts of burden there they make use of aleias (aleia is any elephant without tusk, be it male or female).

Related terms

• aliá, aleá (“female elephant”)

References

• “aleia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024