siriapûã

Old Tupi

siri (Callinectes sapidus)

Etymology

From siri (“crab”) +‎ apûã (“point”), literally “pointy crab”, referring to the big thorns on its appendages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɾiaˈpwã/

Noun

siriapûã

1. blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: siripuã

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “siriapûã”, 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 443, column 1