maritacaca
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi miaratakaka.[1] Doublet of maritafede.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -akɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ta‧ca‧ca
Noun
[edit]maritacaca f (plural maritacacas)
- (Brazil) striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus)
- Synonym: cangambá
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “miaratakaka”, in 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, page 278, column 2
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