pororoka

Old Tupi

Etymology

From pororok (“to explode”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.ka]
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: po‧ro‧ro‧ka

Noun

pororoka (possessable)

1. explosion

Derived terms

• pororokaba
• pororokaba'ynha
• pororokaku'i

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pururuka

Noun

pororoka (unpossessable)

1. (North Tupi) pororoca

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pururuka
• → Brazilian Portuguese: pororoca
  • → English: pororoca
  • → German: Pororoca
  • → Italian: pororoca
  • → Spanish: pororoca

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pororoka”, 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 401, column 1