capoeira..... capoeire.... copse. carreta...... carrete..... cart. garaffa...... garaffe..... bottle. lancha....... lanche...... barge. larancha..... laranche.... orange. mula......... mule........ mule. persianna.... persianne... Venetian-blind. picada....... picade...... lane (through a forest). pimenta...... pimente..... pepper. pipa......... pipe........ barrel, tun. roca......... rosse....... clearing (of a forest). sanga........ sange....... ditch. tolda........ tolde....... cover, hood (of a wagon). traca........ 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. 2) Feminine to masculine, e.g., _Brazilian_ _Brazilian_ _Portuguese._ _German._ _English._ cachaca _f._. cachass _m._ gin, brandy (of sugar-cane). troca _f._... troc _m._... change (of money). 3) Masculine to neuter, e.g., _Brazilian_ _Brazilian_ _Portuguese._ _German._ _English._ doce _m._.... doss _n._... candy, confectionery. fosforo _m._. fosforo _n._ match. tatu _m._.... tatu _n._... armadillo. xarque _m._.. xarque _n._. jerked beef. 4) Feminine to neuter, e.g., _Brazilian_ _Brazilian_ _Portuguese._ _German._ _English._ canoa _f._... kanoe _n._.. monoxylon, dugout. farinha _f._. farin _n._.. flour. From the above examples it will be observed that the gender of the Brazilian German noun is, where there has been a change from that of the original Brazilian Portuguese, as a rule, the same as that of the High German word replaced, e.g., _Brazilian German._ _High German._ barranke _f._........ Boeschung_f._ cachass _m._......... Schnaps _m._ camarote _f._........ Theaterloge _f._ charute _f._......... Zigarre _f._ doss _n._............ Konfekt _n._ farelle _f._......... Kleie _f._ farin _n._........... Mehl _n._ fosforon _n._........ Streichholz_n._ kaschimbe _f._....... Tabakspfeife _f._ portreere _f._....... Weide _m._ troc _m._............ Wechsel _m._ D. Nouns of mixed origin are quite frequent, e.g., _Brazilian German._ _English._