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wawirú

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Nheengatu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi gûabiru.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [wa.wiˈɾu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: wa‧wi‧rú

Noun

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wawirú (plural wawirú-itá)

  1. rat
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References

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  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “wawirú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 822