sabiapoca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Old Tupi sabîapoka.[1]

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.biˌaˈpɔ.kɐ/ [sa.bɪˌaˈpɔ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /saˌbjaˈpɔ.kɐ/, /sa.bi.aˈpɔ.kɐ/ [sa.bɪ.aˈpɔ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sa.bjaˈpɔ.kɐ/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.biˌaˈpɔ.ka/ [sa.bɪˌaˈpɔ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /saˌbjaˈpɔ.ka/, /sa.bi.aˈpɔ.ka/ [sa.bɪ.aˈpɔ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /sa.bjaˈpɔ.ka/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /saˌbjaˈpɔ.kɐ/ [saˌβjaˈpɔ.kɐ], /sɐ.bjɐˈpɔ.kɐ/ [sɐ.βjɐˈpɔ.kɐ]

    Noun

    sabiapoca m (plural sabiapocas) (Brazil)

    1. creamy-bellied thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
    2. mockingbird (songbird of the family Mimidae)

    References

    1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “sabîapoka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 435, column 2

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