botoque

Portuguese

Cacique indígena com um botoque

Etymology

Probably related to batoque (“spigot, bung-hole”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈtɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈtɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈtɔ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈtɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Hyphenation: bo‧to‧que

Noun

botoque m (plural botoques)

1. lip plate

Derived terms

• botocar

 

Further reading

• “botoque”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024