murukuyá

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Nheengatu

murukuyá

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi murukuîá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *murukuja.

    Cognate with Portuguese maracujá.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /murukuˈja/,
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: mu‧ru‧ku‧yá

    Noun

    murukuyá (plural murukuyá-itá)

    1. passion flower (any plant in the genus Passiflora)
    2. passion fruit (fruit of the passion flower)

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    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “murukuyá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 535