uruku

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

urukũ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrjuku.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní uruku.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u.ɾuˈku/
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: u‧ru‧ku

Noun

uruku (unpossessable)

achiote (Bixa orellana, a shrub native to a region between northern South America and Mexico).

Noun

uruku (possessable)

achiote (orange-red dye obtained from the anchiote seed)

Related terms

nouns

pirauruku
urukurana

Descendants

Nheengatu: urukú
→ Portuguese: urucum, urucu

References

Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “uruku”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 502, columns 1–2

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