pitiú
Appearance
Nheengatu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Tupi pyti'u.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pitiú
Noun
[edit]pitiú (plural pitiú-itá)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Brazilian Portuguese: pitiú
References
[edit]- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pitiú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 621
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Nheengatu pitiú, from Old Tupi pyti'u.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: pi‧ti‧ú
Noun
[edit]pitiú m (usually uncountable, plural pitiús) (Amazonas, Pará, colloquial)
- the distinctive odor of fish or raw eggs
- 2024 August 8, Venceslau Borlina Filho, “3 dias em Belém: veja roteiro para desbravar a capital do Pará, sede da COP30”, in Folha de S.Paulo[1]:
- O pitiú (cheiro semelhante a peixe e maresia) é intenso, mas faz parte da vivência amazônica.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- stench, stink
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pitiú”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “pitiú”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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