pirauruku

Old Tupi

pirauruku

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pirauruku. By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) +‎ uruku (“achiote”).

Cognate with Guaraní piraruku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˌɾa.u.ɾuˈku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: pi‧rá‧u‧ru‧cu

Noun

pirauruku (unpossessable)

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

Descendants

• Nheengatu: piraruku
• → Portuguese: pirarucu

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pirauruku”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 387, column 2