Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jurubaça

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ruba-ca
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuruder. Malay juru- Sanskrit भाष् (bhāṣ) Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā)bor. Malay bahasa Malay jurubahasabor. Portuguese jurubaçabor. English jurubaça From Portuguese jurubaça, from Malay jurubahasa (“interpreter”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: jurubaça, jurubahasa

Inflected Forms

jurubaças (plural)

Questions

What does jurubaça mean?: An interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
Where does jurubaça come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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