siriapûã
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Old Tupi
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Callinectes_sapidus_1.jpg/220px-Callinectes_sapidus_1.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From siri (“crab”) + apûã (“point”), literally “pointy crab”, referring to the big thorns on its appendages.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siriapûã
Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: siripuã
References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “siriapûã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 443, column 1