gogoia

Portuguese

gogoia (sense 1)
gogoia (sense 2.2)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡoˈɡɔj.ɐ/ [ɡoˈɡɔɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡoˈɡɔj.a/ [ɡoˈɡɔɪ̯.a]

  • Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
  • Hyphenation: go‧goi‧a

Noun

gogoia f (plural gogoias) (Brazil)

  2. (Northeast Brazil) Tacinga inamoena (synonym Opuntia inamoena), a small cactus endemic to Brazil
    Synonyms: quipá, cumbeba, palmatória-miúda, palmatória (loosely)
    • 1921 July 9, Homero Prates, quoting P. Camara Campos, “Nota literaria: Poemas sertanejos”, in O Paiz, volume XXXVII, number 13411, Rio de Janeiro, page 3:
      Em volta cresceu guardião, / A gogoia, o carro-santo,[sic] / Estanca-sangue, pinhão, / […]
      Tayuya grew all around / As did gogoia, cardosanto, / Estanca-sangue, nettlespurge, / […]
    1. this plant’s edible fruit
      • 1935 May 10, Cap. José Antonio da Costa, “Minha Terra [My Homeland]”, in Illustração, volume I, number XI, Cuiabá, published 30 September 1935, page 5:
        […] Tem gogoia nas campinas, / Tem cumaty nas collinas / E o umbú refrigerante!
        There’s gogoia in the meadows, / There’s cumati [Psidium guineense] in the hills / And the cooling umbu!
      • 1938 February 20, Luiz Jardim, “O Poeta [The Poet]”, in O Jornal, volume XX, number 5732, Rio de Janeiro, page 3:
        Eu apanho gogoia, apanho ubaia, apanho pirim, apanho herva-moura, apanho melancia, apanho araçá, só para ella comer.
        I pick gogoia, uvaia, glossy nightshade, watermelon, cherry guava, for only her to eat.
      • 1962 September 2, “Coluna do campo [Column about the fields]”, in Diário de Pernambuco, volume 137, number 199, Recife, page 5:
        Urge desenvolver a produção de frutas em geral, desde a gogoia[sic] à melhor uva […]
        It is imperative to develop the production of fruits in general, from the gogoia to the finest grape […]
      • 1971, “Fruta Gogóia”, in -Fa-Tal- Gal a Todo Vapor, performed by Gal Costa, Phonogram:
        Eu sou uma fruta gogoia / Eu sou uma moça / Eu sou calunga de louça / Eu sou uma joia
        I’m a gogoia fruit / I’m a young woman / I’m a porcelain kalunga / I’m a precious stone
  3. a poisonous plant in the genus Solanum
    Synonym: melancia-da-praia
    • 1947 August 15, “Vamos conhecer um pouco da Língua Tupí? [Shall we learn a little about the Tupi language?]”, in Radio Visão, number 5, Rio de Janeiro, page 18:
      Gogóia — Fruta amarela, cuja árvore é cheia de espinhos.
      Gogóia — A yellow fruit whose tree is full of spines.
    1. Solanum agrarium, a species of flowering plant endemic to Brazil
    3. cockroach berry (Solanum capsicoides), a species of flowering plant native to Brazil
  4. Picramnia sellowii, a bitterbush found in South America

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