Wiktionary

uruku

Old Tupi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrjuku.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní uruku.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /u.ɾuˈku/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: u‧ru‧ku

Noun edit

uruku (unpossessable)

  1. achiote (Bixa orellana, a shrub native to a region between northern South America and Mexico).

Noun edit

uruku (possessable)

  1. achiote (orange-red dye obtained from the anchiote seed)

Related terms edit

nouns

Descendants edit

  • Nheengatu: urukú
  • → Portuguese: urucum, urucu

References edit

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading edit

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