pirikitu

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• pirikita (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese periquito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi.ɾiˈki.tu]
• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: pi‧ri‧ki‧tu

Noun

pirikitu (plural pirikitu-itá)

1. parakeet

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pirikitu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 612