kariakú

Nheengatu

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kariaˈku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri‧a‧kú

Noun

kariakú (plural kariakú-itá)

1. (archaic) white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

   Synonym: suasú-kariakú

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: cariacu

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kariakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 375