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The German Element in Brazil - Colonies and Dialect by Benjamin Franklin Schappelle
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persianna.... persianne... Venetian-blind.
picada....... picade...... lane (through a forest).
pimenta...... pimente..... pepper.
pipa......... pipe........ barrel, tun.
roça......... rosse....... clearing (of a forest).
sanga........ sange....... ditch.
tolda........ tolde....... cover, hood (of a wagon).
traça........ trace....... track, design.
venda........ vende....... inn, store.


C. Change of gender in nouns.

1) Masculine to feminine, e.g.,

_Brazilian_ _Brazilian_
_Portuguese._ _German._ _English._

barranco _m._ barranke _f._ slope.
cabresto _m._ cabreste _f._ halter.
cachimbo _m._ kaschimbe _f._ tobacco-pipe.
camarote _m._ camarote _f._ box (in a theater).
cangalho _m._ cangalhe _f._ packsaddle.
charuto _m._. charute _f._. cigar.
farelo _m._.. farelle _f._. bran.
hiate _m._... jatte _f._... yacht.
portreiro _m._ portreere _f._ pasture-ground.
rio _m._..... rio _f._.....
(rarely _m._) stream, river.

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