buriti
English edit
Noun edit
buriti (plural buritis)
- The moriche palm.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bu‧ri‧ti
Verb edit
buriti
- imperative of burit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi moretĩ.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bu‧ri‧ti
Noun edit
buriti m (plural buritis)
- (Brazil) moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa, a palm of tropical South America)
- Synonym: buritizeiro
- (Brazil) the fruit of the moriche palm
References edit
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: 2013: Global.
- D’Abbeville, Claude; Histoire de la mission des pères Capucins en l'isle de Maragnan et terres circonvoisines, p. 221; Paris: 1614: François Huby.