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catanduva.

thicket; scrub (thick vegetation)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ka.tɐ̃ˈdu.vɐ/Brazil/kɐ.tɐ̃ˈdu.vɐ/Portugal/kɐ.tɐ̃ˈdu.bɐ/Northern, Portugal[kɐ.tɐ̃ˈdu.βɐ]Northern, Portugal

  1. thicket; scrub (thick vegetation)

    Brazil · dialectal · feminine · masculine · obsolete

  2. tree of the species Pityrocarpa moniliformis

    Brazil · dialectal · feminine · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔa Old Tupi ka'a Old Tupi atã Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨβ Proto-Tupian *-ap Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ? Old Tupi -a Old Tupi tyba Língua Geral Paulista tuva Língua Geral Paulista *ka'aatãtuvabor. Portuguese catanduva Borrowed from Língua Geral Paulista *ka'aatãtuva, from ka'a (“vegetation”) + atã (“hard”) + tuva (“gathering”). First attested in 1769.

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