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Nheengatu
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Solimões.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suriˈmãw/,
- Rhymes: -ãw
- Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧mãu
Proper noun
Surimãu (Solimões, archaic)
- Solimões (a river in Amazonas, Brazil)
1890 [1872–1887], “Sorimáo u ypirungaua [The origin of Solimões]” (chapter I), in João Barbosa Rodrigues, compiler, Poranduba Amazonense ou Kochiyma-uara Porandub, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, page 212:Aé raá, paá, u mehê iupurungaua cuá yané paraná Sorimáo, aé, yacy reçá iuquicé.- They say that it was the Moon's tears gave origin to our Solimões River.
References
- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “Surimãu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 721