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gagaluna

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Nheengatu

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gagaluna

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese vaga-lume or caga-lume.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˌɡa.ɡaˈlu.na]
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧lu‧na

Noun

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gagaluna (plural gagaluna-itá)

  1. firefly
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Synonyms

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References

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  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “gagaluna”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 308