araruna

See also: Araruna

Old Tupi

araruna

Alternative forms

• araraúna

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ararun. By surface analysis, arara (“macaw”) +‎ un (“dark”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɾũ.na/
• Rhymes: -ũna
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ru‧na
• Homophone: Araruna

Noun

araruna (unpossessable)

1. hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: araruna, arara-una
• → Portuguese: araruna, araraúna

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 59, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 267