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tapir

/ta.piʁ/

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verb/ta.piʁ/

to hide

Inherited from Middle French tapir, from Old French tapir, borrowed from Frankish *tappijan (“to close, shut in, lock up”), from Proto-Germanic *tappijaną, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap”).

noun, masculine/ta.piʁ/plural: tapirs

tapir

Borrowed from Old Tupi tapi'ira.