tainha

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese tainha.

Noun

tainha

1. Cabo Verdean mullet (Chelon bispinosus)

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

Tainhas

Etymology

From Latin tagenia, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈĩ.ɲɐ/ [taˈĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈĩ.ɲɐ/ [taˈĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈi.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈi.ɲɐ/

Noun

tainha f (plural tainhas)

1. mullet (a fish of the family Mugilidae)

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: tainha

Further reading

• “tainha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tainha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025