köken: Derived from calavera, from Latin calvaria, likely influenced by Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from Aramaic גולגולת (“skull”) used as the name of the execution site of Christ in the New Testament; see also Calvary and Golgotha. Probably influenced by sound-symbolism in view of the unusual development and duplicated syllable.
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caaveira, from Vulgar Latin *calavaria, from Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvária. Cognate with Galician caveira, Spanish and Catalan calavera.
aile: caveirão, caveira de burro, caveira de pau, caveirado, caveirinha, caveirona, encher a caveira, fazer a caveira
Foraõ, diz o Texto, para lhe dar ſepultura, & apenas acháraõ a caveira, & alguns oſſos […]
köken: Compound of 頭蓋 (zugai, “skull, cranium”) + 骨 (kotsu, “bone”). First attested in a glossary of biological terms from 1884. This zugaikotsu reading is listed as the canonical pronunciation by some references, while other references list tōgaikotsu as the canonical reading instead. Still other other references do not include tōgaikotsu at all, and only list zugaikotsu. This may represent a shift in…