moretĩ
Old Tupi edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *muriti.[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní mburiti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moretĩ (unpossessable)
- moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa)
- Synonym: meriti'yba
- the fruit of the moriche palm
Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moretĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 312, column 1