Masculine
bugio
Meaning
- (masculine) howler monkey (any monkey in the genus Alouatta)
- (archaic, masculine) monkey
Synonyms
cinocéfalo
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buˈʒi.u/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Arabic بِجَايَة (bijāya)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese Bugia Proto-Indo-European *-om Latin -um Old Galician-Portuguese -o Old Galician-Portuguese bogio Portuguese bugio Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bogio, from Bugia (“Bejaia”), from Arabic بِجَايَة (bijāya). Cognate with English boogie and Italian bugia.
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