curuba
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See also: curubá
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]curuba (plural curubas)
- Synonym of cassabanana
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi kuruba.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ubɐ
Noun
[edit]curuba f (plural curubas) (Brazil)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “curuba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From curubo (“passionflower vines”), of unclear origin, but as the plant is native to the Andes region (Peru, Bolivia, etc), a borrowing from an Amerindian language is likely.[1]
Noun
[edit]curuba f (plural curubas)
References
[edit]- ^ Ulmer, Torsten (2004). Passiflora : Passionflowers of the world. Portland: Timber Press
Further reading
[edit]- “curuba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ubɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ubɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Passion vine family plants