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arawé

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Nheengatu

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arawé

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi arabé.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [a.ɾaˈwɛ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧wé

Noun

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arawé (plural arawé-itá)

  1. cockroach (any orthopteran of the family Blattidae)
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References

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  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “arawé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 271