"cuia" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuj.ɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ] [Brazil], /ˈkuj.ɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ] [Brazil], /ˈkuj.a/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈkuɪ̯.a] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈkuj.ɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: cuias [plural], cuya [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ujɐ Etymology: Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|bor|tpw>kuîa>calabash|id=calabash|text=+}} Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa. Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} cuia f (plural cuias)
  1. calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria)) Tags: feminine Synonyms: cabaça, porongo
    Sense id: en-cuia-pt-noun-ET4IfwAz Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with etymology texts, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Gourd family plants, Mate, Vegetables Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 3 1 47 34 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 1 52 37 3 4 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymology texts: 43 33 10 14 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 49 36 7 8 Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 62 18 13 7 Disambiguation of Mate: 38 20 42 0 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 52 33 13 3
  2. calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuia-pt-noun-5jbC1QB7 Categories (other): Mate Disambiguation of Mate: 38 20 42 0
  3. (South Brazil) maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté) Tags: South-Brazil, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuia-pt-noun-RBnWCv5m Categories (other): Southern Brazilian Portuguese, Mate Disambiguation of Mate: 38 20 42 0
  4. (North Brazil) a vessel used to serve tacacá Tags: North-Brazil, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuia-pt-noun-J-1OpVDA Categories (other): Northern Brazilian Portuguese, Vessels Disambiguation of Vessels: 7 17 32 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cuieira Related terms: cuité

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuieira"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Kui",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hunsrik: Kui",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hunsrik: Kui"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "tpw>kuîa>calabash",
        "id": "calabash",
        "text": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa.",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuya",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cuia f (plural cuias)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cui‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuité"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 1 47 34 6 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 1 52 37 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 33 10 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 36 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 18 13 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Gourd family plants",
          "orig": "pt:Gourd family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 20 42 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Mate",
          "orig": "pt:Mate",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 33 13 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Vegetables",
          "orig": "pt:Vegetables",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria))"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuia-pt-noun-ET4IfwAz",
      "links": [
        [
          "calabash",
          "calabash"
        ],
        [
          "calabash vine",
          "calabash vine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lagenaria siceraria",
          "Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cabaça"
        },
        {
          "word": "porongo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 20 42 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Mate",
          "orig": "pt:Mate",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuia-pt-noun-5jbC1QB7",
      "links": [
        [
          "calabash",
          "calabash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 20 42 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Mate",
          "orig": "pt:Mate",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuia-pt-noun-RBnWCv5m",
      "links": [
        [
          "maté",
          "maté"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Brazil) maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 17 32 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Vessels",
          "orig": "pt:Vessels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a vessel used to serve tacacá"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuia-pt-noun-J-1OpVDA",
      "links": [
        [
          "tacacá",
          "tacacá#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Brazil) a vessel used to serve tacacá"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuɪ̯.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ujɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuia"
}
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with etymology texts",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ujɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ujɐ/2 syllables",
    "pt:Gourd family plants",
    "pt:Mate",
    "pt:Vegetables",
    "pt:Vessels"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cuieira"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Kui",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hunsrik: Kui",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hunsrik: Kui"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "tpw>kuîa>calabash",
        "id": "calabash",
        "text": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa.",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuya",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cuia f (plural cuias)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cui‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cuité"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calabash",
          "calabash"
        ],
        [
          "calabash vine",
          "calabash vine#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lagenaria siceraria",
          "Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cabaça"
        },
        {
          "word": "porongo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calabash",
          "calabash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Southern Brazilian Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maté",
          "maté"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Brazil) maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Brazilian Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a vessel used to serve tacacá"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tacacá",
          "tacacá#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Brazil) a vessel used to serve tacacá"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuɪ̯.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuj.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ujɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuia"
}

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