cuia

Latin

Pronoun

cuia

1. inflection of cuius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronoun

cuiā

1. ablative feminine singular of cuius

Portuguese

Uma cuia de tacacá

Alternative forms

• cuya (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuj.ɐ/ [ˈkuɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ujɐ
• Hyphenation: cui‧a

Noun

cuia f (plural cuias)

1. calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria))

   Synonyms: cabaça, porongo

2. calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash)
3. (South Brazil) maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté)
4. (North Brazil) a vessel used to serve tacacá

Derived terms

• cuieira

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Kui

See also

• cuité

Further reading

• “cuia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cuia”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cuia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026