mangusto

Ido

Noun

mangusto (plural mangusti)

mongoose

Portuguese

Alternative forms

manguço

Etymology

From Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭 (muṃgusa), from Sanskrit मद्गुश (madguśa). Ultimately a Dravidian borrowing (compare Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa)).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡus.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡuʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡus.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡuʃ.tu/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
Hyphenation: man‧gus‧to

Noun

mangusto m (plural mangustos)

mongoose

Descendants

→ French: mangouste
- → Dutch: mangoeste
- → Russian: мангу́ст (mangúst), мангу́ста (mangústa)
  - → Kazakh: мангуст (mañust)
- → Spanish: mangosta
  - → Catalan: mangosta
→ English: mongoose

Further reading

“mangusto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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