kamichi

English

Etymology

From French kamichi, from earlier kamityi. Borrowed from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

Noun

kamichi (plural kamichis)

  1. A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for kamichi in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

References

Dutch

Etymology

Presumably via French kamichi from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

Noun

kamichi m (plural kamichi's)

  1. Synonym of anioema

French

Etymology

First attested in 1741. Borrowed from kamityi, from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.mi.ʃi/

Noun

kamichi m (plural kamichis)

  1. kamichi

Derived terms
  • kamichi à collier
  • kamichi chavaria
  • kamichi cornu

Further reading
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