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caxiri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
caxiri
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intoxicating alcoholic drink prepared from manioc (cassava), consumed in some South American Indian cultures, especially in Suriname and Guyana.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na kasiri, both directly and by way of intermediaries such as Portuguese caxiri.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

kasiri (alternative) cassiri (alternative) cachiri (alternative) casiri (alternative) kaschiri (alternative)

Questions

What does caxiri mean?
An intoxicating alcoholic drink prepared from manioc (cassava), consumed in some South American Indian cultures, especially in Suriname and Guyana.
Where does caxiri come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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