murukuyá

Nheengatu

murukuyá

Alternative forms

• marakuyá

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi murukuîá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *murukuja.

Cognate with Portuguese maracujá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /murukuˈja/, [mu.ɾu.kuˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: mu‧ru‧ku‧yá

Noun

murukuyá (plural murukuyá-itá)

1. passion flower (any plant in the genus Passiflora)
2. passion fruit (fruit of the passion flower)

Derived terms

• murukuyawasú (“giant granadilla”)

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “murukuyá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 535