kuré

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní kure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuˈɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ré

Interjection

kuré

1. (hapax) used by swineherds to call their pigs

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kuri

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuré”, 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 244, column 1