piraruku

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Nheengatu[edit]

piraruku

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Tupi pirauruku. By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) +‎ urukum (“achiote”).

Noun[edit]

piraruku

  1. arapaima (Arapaima gigas, a species of freshwater fish native to the basin of the Amazon River)

Further reading[edit]

  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2011) Curso de língua geral: nheengatu ou tupi moderno, a língua das origens da civilização amazônica‎[1] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo, →ISBN
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