jagua

jagua (plural jaguakuéra)

1. dog

From Old Tupi îaûara, cognate with Guaraní jagua.

jagua

1. dog
2. (obsolete, now used only in fixed expressions) jaguar

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaˈɰʷa/

jagua (plural jaguakuéra)

1. dog

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɡwa/ [ˈxa.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: ja‧gua

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xahualli.

jagua f (plural jaguas)

1. a fruit tree native to the North and South American tropics, Genipa americana, with an edible fruit that, while still unripe, contains a colored juice used in body painting
2. the fruit of this tree

jagua f (plural jaguas)

1. the fruit of a species of palm tree, the jagua palm

• “jagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014