Umuarama

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Etymology

Coined by Brazilian writer and journalist Francisco da Silveira Bueno in 1960. As Bueno himself described, it was formed by a seemingly Old Tupi compound of embu (“place”) +‎ ara (“full of light, good weather”) +‎ ama (“many”). Apart from 'ara, however, none of these words existed in that language.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.mu.aˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /u.mwaˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.mu.aˈɾɐ.ma/ , (faster pronunciation) /u.mwaˈɾɐ.ma/
 

Proper noun

Umuarama

  1. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Umuarama”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 539
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