English Explanatory Dictionary

jurubaça

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An interpreter of Portuguese in the Far East, particularly in Macau and other Portuguese colonies between the 16th and the 18th centuries.

Word forms

jurubaça jurubaças

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuruder. Malay juru- Sanskrit भाष् (bhāṣ) Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā)bor. Malay bahasa Malay jurubahasabor. Portuguese jurubaçabor. English jurubaça From Portuguese jurubaça, from Malay jurubahasa (“interpreter”).

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