pororoka

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Old Tupi

Etymology

From pororok (“to explode”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -ɔka
Hyphenation: po‧ro‧ro‧ka

Noun

pororoka (possessable)

explosion

Derived terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: pururuka

Noun

pororoka (unpossessable)

(North Tupi) pororoca

Descendants

Nheengatu: pururuka
→ Brazilian Portuguese: pororoca
- → English: pororoca
- → German: Pororoca
- → Italian: pororoca
- → Spanish: pororoca

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pororoka”, 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 401, column 1

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