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Old Tupi
Noun
amoré (unpossessable)
- goby. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
- guavina (Guavina guavina)
Descendants
References
- anonymous author (1622) “Morea, outras de feição de peixe, pretas e sem escamas, q. se crião e uiuem nos mangues dentro das couas dos carãgueijos”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 42, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 2: “Amore”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “amoré”, 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 33, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 279
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi amoré.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ré
Noun
amoré m (plural amorés)
- gobiiform (any fish of the order Gobiiformes)
- (strictly) frillfin goby (Bathygobius soporator)
- Synonyms: babosa, mussurungo
References
- “amoré”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “amoré”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “amoré”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “amoré”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024