araponga

See also: Araponga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese araponga, from Old Tupi gûyrapunga.

Noun

araponga (plural arapongas)

1. Synonym of bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• guiraponga, uiraponga, iraponga

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyraponga. The lost of the initial syllabe was possibly influenced by other bird names starting with "ara-", like arara and araçari.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈpõ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈpõ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈpõ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈpõ.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -õɡɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧pon‧ga

Noun

araponga f (plural arapongas)(Brazil)

1. bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)

   Synonyms: ferreiro, ferrador, pássaro-campana

2. (broadly) bellbird (any bird in the genus Procnias)

Derived terms

• araponga-comum
• araponga-da-amazônia
• araponga-do-nicarágua
• araponga-do-nordeste

 

Descendants

• → English: araponga