kururu

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ɾu.ˈɾu/

Noun

kururu

1. frog, toad

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kururu.

Cognate with Guaraní kururu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku.ɾuˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧ru

Noun

kururu (unpossessable)

1. true toad (any amphibian in the family Bufonidae)

Derived terms

• kururuapé
• Kururupeba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kururú
• Portuguese: → cururu, ⇒ sapo-cururu

References

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kururu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 246, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274

Polish

kururu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈru.ru/

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• Rhymes: -uru
• Syllabification: ku‧ru‧ru

Noun

kururu n (indeclinable)

1. cane toad

   Synonyms: aga, ropucha olbrzymia

Further reading

• kururu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kururu in PWN's encyclopedia