beiju

See also: bēijù

Japanese

Romanization

beiju

Rōmaji transcription of べいじゅ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

beju, biju

Etymology

From Old Tupi mbeîu.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /be(j)ˈʒu/ [be(ɪ̯)ˈʒu]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐjˈʒu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bejˈʒu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bejˈʒu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /beˈʒu/

Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: bei‧ju

Noun

beiju m (plural beijus)

(Brazil) any of several types of cake or sweet biscuit made from corn meal or cassava

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mbeîu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 270

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