pijuy

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pijuyo (El Salvador)

Etymology

According to the RAE, from onomatopoeia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈxui/ [piˈxui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification: pi‧juy

Noun

pijuy m (plural pijuyes)

1. (Mexico, Guatemala) groove-billed ani, a native bird species of Mesoamerica

Further reading

• “pijuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10