vicunha

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, from Quechua wik'uña. Doublet of vigonho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈkũ.ɲɐ/ [viˈkũ.j̃ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈku.ɲa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈku.ɲɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈku.ɲɐ/

Hyphenation: vi‧cu‧nha

Noun

vicunha f (plural vicunhas)

vicuna (Vicugna vicugna, a camelid of South America)

Coordinate terms

(Camelids) camelídeo; camelo (dromedário, camelo-bactriano), lhama/lama, guanaco, alpaca, vicunha ^{(Category: pt:Camelids)}

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