Etymology

tajassu

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Today it means: The common or collared peccary. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese tajaçu
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  1. Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed fromtajaçu
  2. English todaytajassu

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tajaçu, apparently from an Old Tupi word for pig.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.