picumã

Meaning

1. (Brazil, masculine) soot
2. (Brazil, broadly, masculine) spider webs blackened by soot
3. (Brazil, broadly, colloquial, masculine) frizzy hair
4. (Brazil, broadly, masculine, slang) hair
5. (Brazil, broadly, masculine, slang) wig

Concepts

soot

carbon black

crock

lampblack

smut

Synonyms

fuligem

Translations

suie

sutge

roet

hollín

αιθάλη

estalzí

fuliggine

Ruß

nero fumo

suèja

suja

sièja

le noir de carbone

سِنَاج

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pi.kuˈmɐ̃/

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi apepokumã (“soot”), presumably via a contracted form.