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Aiuruoca

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Tupi aîuru (“parrot”) + oka (“house”): house of parrots.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ju.ɾuˈɔ.kɐ/ [a.ju.ɾʊˈɔ.kɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ju.ɾuˈɔ.ka/ [a.ju.ɾʊˈɔ.ka]

Proper noun

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Aiuruoca

  1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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
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