piraruku

Nheengatu

piraruku

Etymology

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

Noun

piraruku

  1. 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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