Arua

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese terçado (fascine knife).[1] Compare Dení sasara, sarasara, Jamamadí jimawa sasara, Paumarí tarasara.

Noun

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sara-sará

  1. cutlass

References

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  1. ^ Dixon, R. W. M. (2004) “Proto-Arawá Phonology”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 46, pages 1-83.