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piracema.

the period of the year when fish migrate upriver to reproduce

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/pi.ɾaˈsẽ.mɐ/Brazil/pi.ɾɐˈse.mɐ/Portugal
  1. the period of the year when fish migrate upriver to reproduce

    Brazil · dialectal · feminine · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira Old Tupi pirá Proto-Tupian *t͡ʃem Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃem Old Tupi sem Proto-Tupian *-ap Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ? Old Tupi -a Old Tupi sema Old Tupi pirasemabor. Portuguese piracema Borrowed from Old Tupi pirasema.

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