arao

See also: arão

Esperanto

Etymology

From Polish, Italian and French ara, German Ara, Russian а́ра (ára), all ultimately from Old Tupi ará, onomatopoeia for the cry of a macaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈrao]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧o

Noun

arao (accusative singular araon, plural araoj, accusative plural araojn)

1. macaw

Hypernyms

• papago (“parrot”)

Galician

Alternative forms

• araxo, aro

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old French hairon (French héron). Cognate with Portuguese arau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈɾaʊ̯]

Noun

arao m (plural araos)

1. guillemot (Uria aalge)
2. puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Descendants

• Spanish: arao

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arau”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arao”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

arao m (plural araos)

1. guillemot

Derived terms

• arao aliblanco
• arao blanco

 

Tagalog

Noun

arao (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜏ᜔)

1. Obsolete spelling of araw.