pindaíba

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • pindaíva, pindaúva

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pinda'yba (“fishing rod”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.daˈi.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.daˈi.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pĩ.dɐˈi.bɐ/ [pĩ.dɐˈi.βɐ], /pĩ.daˈi.bɐ/ [pĩ.daˈi.βɐ]

  • Hyphenation: pin‧da‧í‧ba

Noun

pindaíba f (plural pindaíbas)

  1. rope made of the ibira coconut tree
  2. tree of the species Duguetia lanceolata
  3. (Brazil, informal) scarcity of money, especially a temporary poverty

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pindaíba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 383, columns 1–2
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