Definitions

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  • noun a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice

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Examples

  • (Galibi) reptiles: arrau (Maipure), jacare (Tupí), matamata (Tupí) insects: chigoe (Cariban), sauba (Tupi), pinacate (Nahuatl) beverages: cassiri (Carib), guarana (Tupí), sotol (Nahuatl)

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 1983

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