tuiuiú

Portuguese
FWOTD – 18 December 2012
Um tuiuiú.

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Cariban language.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.juˈju/

Noun

tuiuiú m (plural tuiuiús)

  1. (Brazil) jabiru (a species of bird in the stork family)
    Synonyms: cauauã, jabiru, jaburu, tuiupara, tuiú-quarteleiro
    • 2001, Lucinda Nogueira Persona, “Tuiuiú”, in Sopa escaldante, →ISBN, page 22:
      De nossas necessidades
      faço histórias, ponderações, estudos
      explicação comum de tuiuiú eu tenho:
      ele passou da conta no crescer
      o tuiuiú, quando acorda e abre as asas,
      ultrapassa as bordas do amanhecer
      deste modo, […]
      Of our needs
      I create stories, ponderings, studies
      I have a common jabiru explanation:
      it stepped over the line when growing up
      The jabiru, when it wakes up and extends its wings,
      crosses the borders of sunrise
      like this, […]

References
  1. A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986), page 1725
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