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arara

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English

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Etymology

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Noun

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arara (plural araras)

  1. The palm cockatoo, native to Australia and the Malay Archipelago (Probosciger aterrimus).

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Czech

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Arara

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Noun

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arara m anim

  1. parrot from a genus Rhynchopsitta

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Old Tupi

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Historical spellings
Anchieta (1555) arara
Thevet (1575) arat
Léry (1578) arat
Marcgrave (1648) arara

Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *arar, from Proto-Tupian *arat. Doublet of ará.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [aˈɾa.ɾa]
    • Rhymes: -aɾa
    • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ra

    Noun

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    arara (unpossessable)

    1. macaw
      Synonym: ará
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 75v, lines 708–712; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 142:
        ſarau. [] To, añe, baepeque / caninde obi yaçoara? / Doyabij muru arara.
        Aimb. Caraibebe ae / morojubica ponitara.
        [Saraû[aîa:] [] Tó, anhẽ, mba'epe ké / kanindeoby îasûara? / Nd'oîabyî muru arara.
        Aîmb[iré:] Karaibebé a'e / moroîubyka pûaîtara.]
        Sarauaia: “Oh! Truly, what looks like a blue ara here? The bastard is no different than a macaw”.
        Aimbiré: “He's the angel that orders the hanging”.
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    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: arara
    • Portuguese: arara

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    Portuguese

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    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
    • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ra

    Etymology 1

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt

    Borrowed from Old Tupi arara.

    Noun

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    arara f (plural araras)

    1. macaw
      Synonym: ará
    2. clothes rack
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    arara

    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of arar

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    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /aˈɾaɾa/ [aˈɾa.ɾa]
    • Rhymes: -aɾa
    • Syllabification: a‧ra‧ra

    Verb

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    arara

    1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of arar

    Yoruba

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    Noun

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    aràrá

    1. (somewhat derogatory) dwarf

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