arara

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English

Etymology

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Noun

arara (plural araras)

  1. The palm (or great black) cockatoo of Australia (Probosciger aterrimus).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arara”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Czech

Arara

Pronunciation

Noun

arara m anim

  1. parrot from a genus Rhynchopsitta

Declension

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *arar, from Proto-Tupian *arat. Doublet of ará.

Pronunciation

Noun

arara (unpossessable)

  1. macaw
    Synonym: ará

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: arara
  • Portuguese: arara

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ra

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Borrowed from Old Tupi arara.

Noun

arara f (plural araras)

  1. macaw
    Synonym: ará
  2. clothes rack
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arara

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of arar

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾaɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: a‧ra‧ra

Verb

arara

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of arar

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

aràrá

  1. (somewhat derogatory) dwarf

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