pirauruku
Old Tupi
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From pirá (“fish”) + uruku (“achiote”).[1]
Pronunciation
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editpirauruku (unpossessable)
- (North Tupi, hapax) arapaima (Arapaima gigas)[2]
Descendants
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edit- ^ 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
- ^ Christovão de Lisboa (c. 1631) Historia dos animaes e arvores do Maranhão [History of Maranhão's animals and trees][1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon, page 175v: “Pira urucu [Pirauruku]”
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- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
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- tpw:Osteoglossomorph fish