uçá

Portuguese

Alternative forms

usá

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi usá.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈsa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈsa/

Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: u‧çá

Noun

uçá m (plural uçás)

(Brazil) swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “usá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 503, column 2

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