waxinĩ

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • kwaxinĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi gûasunĩ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waʃiˈnĩ/
  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: wa‧xi‧nĩ

Noun

waxinĩ (plural waxinĩ-itá)

  1. (obsolete) crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)

References

  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “waxinĩ”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 822
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