tiririca

Portuguese

Borrowed from Old Tupi tyryryka (“a kind of invasive sedge”), lit. "that which drags or creeps".

tiririca f (plural tiriricas)

any herb of the family Cyperaceae
- 17th century, Gregório de Matos, Crônica do Viver Baiano Seiscentista:
  Nunca soube fazer verso,
  
  senão como tiririca,
  
  porque como ela é, que pica,
  
  e corta todo o universo[…]
  He has never known how to make poetry
  
  that is not like the sedge,
  
  which by its nature stings
  
  and runs through the whole universe[…]
(Brazil) Cyperus rotundus, a specific herb of that family
white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a hog-like animal species found in Central and South America
(Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, slang) pickpocket; a minor thief
(Brazil, Pará) a wild agitation of a river's waters

(white-lipped pecary): queixada, queixada-ruiva, queixo-ruivo, canela-ruiva, sabacu, sabucu, tacuité, taiaçu,tajaçu, tanhaçu, tanhocati, taguicati, porco-do-mato, pecari
(pickpocket): trombadinha, batedor de carteira

tiririca m or f (plural tiriricas, comparable)

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