amoré

Old Tupi

Noun

amoré (unpossessable)

  1. (hapax legomenon) goby (any fish in the family Gobiidae)
  • amoreatĩ
  • amoregûasu
  • amorepinima
  • amorepyxuna
  • amoresyma
  • amoretinga

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: amuré
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: amoré, amboré, aimoré, amoreia, moré, moreia, muré

References

  • anonymous author (1622), “Morea, outras de feição de peixe, pretas e sem escamas, q. se crião e uiuem nos mangues dentro das couas dos carãgueijos”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 42, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 2: “Amore”

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi amoré.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.moˈɾɛ/

  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ré

Noun

amoré m (plural amorés)

  1. gobiiform (any fish of the order Gobiiformes)
  2. (strictly) frillfin goby (Bathygobius soporator)
    Synonyms: babosa, mussurungo

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “amoré”, 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 33, column 2

Further reading

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