Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kururu

  1. frog, toad

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kururu.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní kururu.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kururu (unpossessable)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  • 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 [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (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 [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274

Polish

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kururu

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈru.ru/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uru
  • Syllabification: ku‧ru‧ru

Noun

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kururu n (indeclinable)

  1. cane toad
    Synonyms: aga, ropucha olbrzymia

Further reading

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