uruku

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku.[1]

    Cognate with Guaraní uruku.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    uruku (unpossessable)

    1. achiote (Bixa orellana)

    Noun

    uruku (possessable)

    1. achiote (orange-red dye obtained from the anchiote seed)
    nouns

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: urukú
    • → Portuguese: urucum, urucu

    References

    1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

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