cupim

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi kupi'ĩ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kupiʔi, from Proto-Tupian *ᵑkupˀi. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩ Hyphenation: cu‧pim === Noun === cupim m (plural cupins) (Brazil) termite Synonyms: térmite, (Mozambique) muchém, (Angola) salalé, (Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde) bagabaga (Brazil) the hump of zebu cattle (by extension) a cut of meat taken from this hump ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cupim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cupim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cupim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “cupim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN