piraruku
Nheengatu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi pirauruku. By surface analysis, pirá (“fish”) + urukum (“achiote”).
Noun
piraruku
- arapaima (Arapaima gigas, a species of freshwater fish native to the basin of the Amazon River)
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2011) Curso de língua geral: nheengatu ou tupi moderno, a língua das origens da civilização amazônica (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo, →ISBN
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