arawanã

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi aruanã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ɾa.wãˈnã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧wa‧nã

Noun

arawanã (plural arawanã-itá)

1. silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: arauanã

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “arawanã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 270