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tapir

Meaninga tapir

Common meaning: a pig-like animal with a short trunk

Journey through time

  1. Brazilian (Tupi)tapyrasource
  2. Early English spellingtapirsource
  3. Englishtapir‘a pig-like animal with a short trunk’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Brazilian (Tupi) tapyra ‘a tapir’.

Roots

  • tapyra Brazilian (Tupi) “a tapir”

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