açoite
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- açoute
Etymology
From açoute, from Arabic السَّوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).
Cognate with Galician azoute, Spanish azote, Sicilian zotta and Maltese sawt.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈsoj.tɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈsoj.t͡ʃi/
- Hyphenation: a‧çoi‧te
Noun
açoite m (plural açoites)
- whip, crop, scourge, lash
Derived terms
- açoitar