arawanã

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi aruanã.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.ɾa.wãˈnã]
  • Rhymes: -ã
  • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧wa‧nã

Noun

arawanã (plural arawanã-itá)

  1. silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum)

Descendants

  • → Brazilian Portuguese: arauanã

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “arawanã”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 270
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