Surimãu

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• Surimã

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Solimões.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suriˈmãw/, [su.ɾiˈmãw]
• Rhymes: -ãw
• Hyphenation: Su‧ri‧mãu

Proper noun

Surimãu (Solimões, archaic)

1. Solimões (a river in Amazonas, Brazil)
   • 1890 [1872–1887], “Sorimáo u ypirungaua [The origin of Solimões]” (chapter I), in João Barbosa Rodrigues, compiler, Poranduba Amazonense ou Kochiyma-uara Porandub, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, page 212:

     Aé raá, paá, u mehê iupurungaua cuá yané paraná Sorimáo, aé, yacy reçá iuquicé.

     They say that it was the Moon's tears gave origin to our Solimões River.

     [Story collected at Solimões]

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “Surimãu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 721