cauim
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi kaûĩ.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: cau‧im
Noun
[edit]cauim m (plural cauins)
- (Brazil) cauim (alcoholic beverage of Tupian origin, made by the fermentation of cashews, manioc or maize)
- (Brazil, colloquial, by extension) booze; grog
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kaûĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 225, column 1
Further reading
[edit]- “cauim”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “cauim”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “cauim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “cauim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “cauim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
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- pt:Alcoholic beverages