pirauruku

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Old Tupi

pirauruku

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira
    Old Tupi pirá
    Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku
    Old Tupi uruku
    Old Tupi pirauruku

    From pirá (“fish”) +‎ uruku (“achiote”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key):
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation: pi‧rá‧u‧ru‧ku

    Noun

    pirauruku (unpossessable)

    1. (North Tupi, hapax) arapaima (Arapaima gigas)[2]

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pirauruku”, 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 387, column 2
    2. ^ Christovão de Lisboa (c. 1631) Historia dos animaes e arvores do Maranhão [History of Maranhão's animals and trees]‎ (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon, page 175v: “Pira urucu [Pirauruku]”
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