synonym of porquinho-da-índia · guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)
çekim: çoğul cobaias
köken: From Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign), from a clipping of Old Tupi saûîasobaîa (guinea pig, literally “foreign tree rat”). The change of ⟨ç⟩ (pronounced /s/) to ⟨c⟩ (pronounced /k/) is irregular and likely stems from a misreading or misprint. Compare Spanish cobaya. The figurative sense is likely a semantic loan from English guinea pig.
a guinea pig · a guinea pig (an experimental subject)
köken: Borrowed from Dutch marmot, so-called due to Dutch traders mistakenly identifying guinea pigs as marmots when they first brought them to Nagasaki in 1843. Doublet of マーモット (māmotto, “marmot”) and マルモット (marumotto, “marmot”).
a guinea pig (tailless rodent) · a guinea pig (an experimental subject)
köken: Borrowed from Japanese モルモット (morumotto), from Dutch marmot, so-called due to Dutch traders mistakenly identifying guinea pigs as marmots when they first brought them to Japan. Doublet of 마멋 (mameot, “marmot”) and 마르모트 (mareumoteu, “marmot”).
individual, person · entity (that which has a distinct existence as an individual unit)
çekim: çoğul egyének
köken: From egy (“one”, numeral) + én (“I”). Its status as a compound word has faded into obscurity. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries..