moreia

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See also: moréia, Moreia, and Moréia

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *morẽa, from Latin murēna, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ραινα (mū́raina).[1]

Cognate with Galician morea.

Noun

moreia f (plural moreias)

  1. moray (any eel of the family Muraenidae)
    Synonym: (Brazil) caramuru

Etymology 2

From French moraine.[1][2] Doublet of morena.

Noun

moreia f (plural moreias)

  1. (geology) debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)
    Synonym: morena

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Tupi amoré, influenced by etymology 1.[3]

Noun

moreia f (plural moreias)

  1. Alternative form of amoré

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “moreia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “morena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  3. ^ 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
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