açoite

Meaning

whip, crop, scourge, lash

Hyphenated as

a‧çoi‧te

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈsoj.t͡ʃi/

Borrowed from Arabic

سوط

Cognate with Galician

azoute

Cognate with Spanish

azote

Cognate with Sicilian

zotta

Cognate with Maltese

sawt

In summary

From earlier açoute. Borrowed from Arabic السَّوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”). Compare Galician azoute, Spanish azote, Sicilian zotta and Maltese sawt.

New

açoitar

to flog, whip, lash

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