cuia

== Latin == === Pronoun === cuia inflection of cuius: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Pronoun === cuiā ablative feminine singular of cuius == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cuya (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîa. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ujɐ Hyphenation: cui‧a === Noun === cuia f (plural cuias) calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria)) Synonyms: cabaça, porongo calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash) (South Brazil) maté (vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté) (North Brazil) a vessel used to serve tacacá ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Kui ==== See also ==== cuité === Further reading === “cuia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cuia”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cuia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026