cuia

cuia

1. inflection of cuius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

cuiā

1. ablative feminine singular of cuius

• cuya (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa.

• Hyphenation: cui‧a

cuia f (plural cuias)

1. calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria))

   Synonyms: cabaça, porongo

2. calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash)
3. (South Brazil) maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté)
4. (North Brazil) a vessel used to serve tacacá

• → Hunsrik: Kui

• cuité

• “cuia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cuia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024