pipoca.
popcorn
Meaning & usage
popcorn
small skin boil
tapeworm cyst embedded in meat
avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)
candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Sources are unanimous in mentioning a borrowing from Old Tupi *pipoka, from pira (“skin”) + pok (“to crack”) + -a, but the word is unattested and there's no evidence of Tupian peoples making popcorn. First attested in 1781.
inflection of pipocar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of pipocar: second-person singular imperative
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