mirim
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Tupi mirĩ (“small”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]mirim m or f (plural mirins) (Brazil)
- tiny, little, wee; often in compound animal names of Tupi origin
- saimiri ― squirrel monkey (literally, “small monkey”)
- tamanduá-mirim ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- childish (having childlike, juvenile characteristics)
- suitable for children or made for them
- a escola tem um jardim mirim ― the school has a kindergarten
- (soccer) a category for players in the 14-year age group
Noun
[edit]mirim m (plural mirins)
- (Brazil) any small, stingless bee, especially those of the genus Plebeia
- Synonym: abelha-mirim
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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
Further reading
[edit]- “mirim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “mirim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Verb
[edit]mirim (Cyrillic spelling мирим)
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