pitangueira

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pitangueira.

Noun

pitangueira (plural pitangueiras)

1. A Suriname cherry tree, Eugenia uniflora, native to the east coast of South America.
   • 1821, James Henderson, A History of the Brazil, page 141:

     The pitangueira, or pitangua tree, is very abundant; peaches are not met with.

   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 421:

     In the distance, above the crotons, the branches of the mango, ficus, guava, and pitangueira trees in the garden, the sun was turning the sea as blinding white as a sheet of steel.

   • 2021, Maria Margarida Cortez Vieira, Lorenzo Pastrana, José Aguilera, Sustainable Innovation in Food Product Design, page 6:

     Due to the easy adaptation of pitangueira trees (Eugenia uniflora Linneus), this species is widely distributed in South American countries, and in several states in Brazil.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ

Proto-Tupian *ʔa

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa

Old Tupi 'ybá

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtaŋ

Old Tupi pytang

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi 'ybapytanga

Old Tupi pytangabor.

Portuguese pitanga

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Portuguese -eira

Portuguese pitangueira

From pitanga +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧tan‧guei‧ra

Noun

pitangueira f (plural pitangueiras)

1. Suriname cherry tree