Araruna

Old Tupi

Etymology

From araruna (“blue macaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɾaˈɾũna/
• Homophone: araruna
• Rhymes: -ũna

Proper noun

Araruna

1. a male given name

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Araruna”, 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 60, column 1
• Simão de Vasconcellos (1663) Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], Livro segundo, das noticias curiosas, antecedentes, das cousas do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Lisboa: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 98, column 2: “Arârúna [Araruna]”

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi arara (“macaw”) + una (“black”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾũ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾũ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾu.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈɾu.nɐ/

Proper noun

Araruna f

1. Araruna (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)