moretĩ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mboretĩ, mberiti, mborutĩ, meriti, morutĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *muriti.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní mburiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ɾɛˈtĩ/
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: mo‧re‧tĩ

Noun

moretĩ (unpossessable)

1. moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa)

   Synonym: meriti'yba

2. the fruit of the moriche palm

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mirití
• → Portuguese: buriti, muruti, muriti, buruti, miriti; murutim (obsolete)

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moretĩ”, 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 312, column 1