gabiroba

Portuguese

Gabirobas

Alternative forms

• guabiroba, gabirova, gavirova, guabirova

Etymology

From Old Tupi gûabiraba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.biˈɾɔ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.biˈɾɔ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.biˈɾɔ.ba/

• Rhymes: -ɔbɐ

Noun

gabiroba f (plural gabirobas)

1. (Brazil) the fruit of the plant Campomanesia xanthocarpa

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Gabirob

References

• “gabiroba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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