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Nheengatu
Etymology
Literally, “false papaya”.
Noun
mamãu-rana (plural mamãu-rana-itá)
- (archaic) money tree (Pachira aquatica)
Descendants
References
- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mamãu-rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 442