urubú

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See also: urubu, and urubù

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese urubu.

Pronunciation

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús)

  1. black vulture, buzzard
    Synonym: zopilot

Further reading

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese urubu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.ɾuˈbu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bú

Noun

urubú (plural urubú-itá)

  1. New World vulture
    Synonym: waxú

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “urubú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 797

Spanish

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús or urubúes)

  1. black vulture, buzzard

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