guaipeca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • guaipé, guaipeva, guapeva, guapeca

Etymology

Borrowed from an uncertain Tupi-Guarani language in Southern Brazil; analyzable through Old Tupi îagûara (“dog”) +‎ peb (“flat”) +‎ -a (nominal suffix), literally “flat dog”. Compare jaguapeba.

Noun

guaipeca m (plural guaipecas)

  1. (South Brazil, colloquial) synonym of cusco

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