jaboticaba

See also: Jaboticaba

English

jaboticaba

Alternative forms

• jabuticaba

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jaβoti

Old Tupi îaboti

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi kaba

Old Tupi îabutikababor.

Brazilian Portuguese jabuticababor.

English jaboticaba

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jaboticaba (also spelt jabuticaba), from Old Tupi îabutikaba (“jaboticaba fruit”, literally “jabuti fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæbɒtɪˈkɑːbə/, enPR: jăbŏtĭkäʹbə

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Noun

jaboticaba (plural jaboticabas)

1. The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
2. Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.
   • 2010, Clare Richards, Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare's Kitchen, Wet Season Press, →ISBN, page 183:

     If you don't have jaboticabas, use red grapes, but make sure they are an old-fashioned seedy, intensely flavoured variety.

Related terms

• jabuti

Descendants

• → Japanese: ジャボチカバ (jabochikaba)

Translations

Myrciaria cauliflora

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘉寶果 / 嘉宝果 (jiābǎoguǒ), 擬愛神木 / 拟爱神木 (nǐ'àishénmù), 樹葡萄 / 树葡萄 (shùpútáo), 木葡萄 (mùpútáo)

• Finnish: brasilianrypälemyrtti
• Japanese: ジャボチカバ (jabochikaba)
• Kazakh: жаботикаба (jabotikaba)
• Portuguese: jabuticaba (pt) f

Portuguese

Noun

jaboticaba f (plural jaboticabas)

1. Alternative form of jabuticaba