Etymology

copaiba

C3O1P3A1I1B3A1

Today it means: Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera Full definition →

Portuguese copaíba
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromcopaíba
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromcopaíba
  3. English todaycopaiba

Borrowed from Portuguese copaíba, borrowed from Old Tupi kopa'yba, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kopaʔɨβ + Old Tupi -a.

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