Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/uruku

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku.

Noun

*uruku

1. achiote (Bixa orellana)
2. achiote (orange-red dye obtained from the achiote seed)

Descendants

• Aurá: eruku
• Classical Guaraní:
  • Eastern Bolivian Guaraní: uruku
  • Paraguayan Guaraní: uruku
• Cocama: ruku
• Guajá: aruku
• Guarayu: uruku
• Old Tupi: uruku, urukũ
  • Nheengatu: urukú
  • → Portuguese: urucum, urucu
• Tembé: uruku
• Tenharim: uruku
• Urubú-Kaapor: uruku
• Xingú Asuriní: uruku