caxexe

Portuguese

Etymology

From Kimbundu kaxexe, from kuxexa (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• (Angola) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃeʃe/

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃe.ʃi/, /kaˈʃɛ.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃe.ʃi/, /kaˈʃɛ.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʃe.ʃe/, /kaˈʃɛ.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃɐ(j).ʃɨ/, /kɐˈʃɛ.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃɐ(j).ʃɨ/, /kɐˈʃɛ.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃe.ʃɨ/, /kɐˈʃɛ.ʃɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃe.ʃɨ/, /kɐˈʃɛ.ʃɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʃe.ʃɨ/, /kɐˈʃɛ.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧xe‧xe

Noun

caxexe m (plural caxexes)

1. (Angola) a songbird with greyish and sky-blue feathers, whose singing resembles a laughter

   Synonym: celeste

Derived terms

• de caxexe (“secretly”)

References

• “caxexe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025