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sawiyá

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Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi saûîá or sagûiá.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sa.wiˈja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: sa‧wi‧yá

Noun

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sawiyá (plural sawiyá-itá)

  1. guinea pig
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References

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  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “sawiyá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 687