peixe-boi

Portuguese

noun

Definitions

manatee any of several plant-eating marine mammals of family Trichechidae

Etymology

Affix from Portuguese peixe + Portuguese boi.

Origin

Portuguese

boi

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

boi Portuguese
boiada Portuguese
boieiro Portuguese
peixa Portuguese
peixe Portuguese
peixeiro Portuguese
peixota Portuguese
boi Old Portuguese
peixe Old Portuguese
pexe Old Portuguese
pechi Kabuverdianu
pêxi Kabuverdianu
pis Guinea-Bissau Creole