dacú-fuá

Arua

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Arawa *'dako(rija) (“lake”), with an unknown second element. This second element, *fuá, may be related to the second element of chirifuá (“turtle”), possibly deriving from Proto-Arawa *raphowa (“to swell, to overflow”) (cf. Jarawara dialect of Jamamadí fowa).

Noun

dacú-fuá

1. lake

References

• Chandless, W. (1869) “Notes of a Journey up the River Juruá”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, volume 39, pages 296-311.