kakáu-rana
Nheengatu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kakáu + rana. Literally, “false cacao”.
Noun
[edit]kakáu-rana (plural kakáu-rana-itá)
- tree of the species Theobroma microcarpum
- Synonym: makaka-akanga
- the fruit of this tree
Descendants
[edit]- → Brazilian Portuguese: cacaurana
References
[edit]- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kakáu-rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 362
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