mamorana

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin mamma

Old Galician-Portuguese mama

Portuguese mama

Old Galician-Portuguese -on

Portuguese -ão

Brazilian Portuguese mamãobor.

Nheengatu mamãu

Proto-Tupian *ran

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ran

Old Tupi ran

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi rana

Nheengatu rana

Nheengatu mamãu-ranabor.

Portuguese mamorana

Borrowed from Nheengatu mamãu-rana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.moˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.moˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.moˈɾɐ.na/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧mo‧ra‧na

Noun

mamorana f (plural mamoranas)

1. (Brazil) money tree (Pachira aquatica)

   Synonyms: cacau-selvagem, munguba

Derived terms

• mamorana-grande

References

• “mamorana”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mamorana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “mamorana”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025