cavia

Borrowed from Portuguese cávia or New Latin cavia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːviˌjaː/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧via

cavia f (plural cavia's, diminutive caviaatje n)

1. guinea pig, Cavia porcellus

   Synonym: zeevarken

• huiscavia

From New Latin Cavia, from Old Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat”), from Old Tupi saujá. Compare Portuguese cávia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkav.ja/
• Rhymes: -avja

cavia f (plural cavie)

1. guinea pig

   fare la cavia ― be the (experimental) guinea pig

• cavai, vacai

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.wi.a/

cavia f (genitive caviae); first declension

1. intestine(s) (of animals)

First-declension noun.