sapucaia

See also: Sapucaia

English

Alternative forms

• sapucaya

Etymology

Portuguese sapucaia.

Noun

sapucaia (plural sapucaias)

1. A Brazilian tree, the monkey pot (any of several species in the genus Lecythis).

Translations

any of several trees in the genus Lecythis

• Portuguese: sapucaia (pt) f

References

• “sapucaia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi sapukaîa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.puˈkaj.ɐ/ [sa.puˈkaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.puˈkaj.ɐ/ [sa.puˈkaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.puˈkaj.a/ [sa.puˈkaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.puˈkaj.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: sa‧pu‧cai‧a

Noun

sapucaia f (plural sapucaias)(Brazil)

1. sapucaia (any of several trees in the genus Lecythis)
2. (strictly) sapucaia (Lecythis pisonis)

Descendants

• → English: sapucaia, sapucaya