Masculine
cobaya
Meaning
- (feminine, masculine) guinea pig (animal)
- (feminine, masculine) guinea pig meat, eaten in many parts of Latin America
- (feminine, figuratively, masculine) guinea pig (person used for experimentation)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
cobaia
cavia
kobay
guinees biggetje
cochon d’Inde
Meerschwein
cobaia Guinees biggetje
cobaiFrequency
Hyphenated as
co‧ba‧ya
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koˈbaʝa/
Etymology
In summary
Likely from Old Tupi çabuia, sabuia with loss of the initial cedilla. Compare Portuguese cobaia.
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