dacú-fuá

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Arua

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Etymology

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Derived from Proto-Arawa *'dako(rija) (lake), with an unknown second element. This second element, *fuá, may be related to the second element of chirifuá (turtle), possibly deriving from Proto-Arawa *raphowa (to swell, to overflow) (cf. Jarawara dialect of Jamamadí fowa).

Noun

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dacú-fuá

  1. lake

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