siri

See also: Siri and ŝiri

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi si'ri (“to run, to slip”), a reference to the crab walk.[1]

Noun

siri m (plural siris)

  1. crab

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986) , page 1593

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic سِرّ‎ (sirr).

Noun

siri (n class, plural siri)

  1. secret
  2. secrecy
  3. (euphemistic) private parts

Derived terms

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