areca

See also: Areca

English

Areca catechu

Etymology

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).

Noun

areca (plural arecas)

1. Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.

Derived terms

• areca nut
• areca palm

 

Translations

plant in the genus Areca

• Burmese: ကွမ်းသီးပင် (my) (kwam:si:pang)
• Hindi: सुपारी (hi) f (supārī)
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• Irish: airéic f
• Khmer: ស្លា (km) (slaa)
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• Malay: pokok pinang
• Malayalam: അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka)
• Polish: areka (pl) f
• Portuguese: areca (pt) f
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: areca f
• Swahili: mpopoo
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: பாக்கு (ta) (pākku)
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• Tok Pisin: buai
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See also

• areca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• betel
• paan

Anagrams

• Ceará, arace

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka) / Tamil அடைக்காய் (aṭaikkāy), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭaykkāy (“areca nut”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾɛ.kɐ/

Noun

areca f (plural arecas)

1. areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)

   Synonym: arequeira

Descendants

• → English: areca
• → Spanish: areca

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾeka/ [aˈɾe.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: a‧re‧ca

Noun

areca f (plural arecas)

1. areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)

Derived terms

• nuez de areca

 

Further reading

• “areca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014