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)

    1. achiote (Bixa orellana)

    Noun

    uruku (possessable)

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

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: urukú
    • → Portuguese: urucum, urucu

    References

    1. ^ Corrêa da Silva, Beatriz Carretta (2010), Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: linguistic relations and historical implications]‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

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