kamichi

English

Etymology

From French kamichi, from earlier kamityi. Borrowed from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

Noun

kamichi (plural kamichis)

1. A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.

Translations

Anhima cornuta

• Catalan: xahà banyut m
• Dutch: anioema (nl) m
• French: kamichi (fr) m
• German: Hornwehrvogel m
• Navajo: zéézhinii bitsiiʼ łizhinígíí
• Portuguese: anhuma f
• Spanish: aruco m, camungo m
• Welsh: sgrechwr corniog m

References

• “kamichi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “kamichi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Dutch

Etymology

Presumably via French kamichi from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

Noun

kamichi m (plural kamichi's)

1. Synonym of anioema

French

Etymology

First attested in 1741. Borrowed from kamityi, from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi.ʃi/

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Noun

kamichi m (plural kamichis)

1. kamichi

Derived terms

• kamichi à collier
• kamichi chavaria
• kamichi cornu

 

Further reading

• “kamichi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.