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mamayakú

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Nheengatu

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mamayakú

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi baîaku or maîaku.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ma.ma.jaˈku]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma‧ya‧kú

Noun

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mamayakú (plural mamayakú-itá)

  1. blowfish
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References

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  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mamayakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 443