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caribu.

caribou (North American reindeer)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ka.ɾiˈbu/Brazil/kɐ.ɾiˈbu/Portugal[kɐ.ɾiˈβu]Portugal/kɐ.ɾiˈbu/Portugal, Southern
  1. caribou (North American reindeer)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English caribou, from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).

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