aratiku

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɾa.tiˈku/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ti‧ku

Noun

aratiku (unpossessable)

  1. A tropical fruit tree native to South America (Annona crassiflora)
  2. (loosely) custard apple (any tree in the genus Annona)
  3. The fruit of these trees

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: aratikú
  • Portuguese: araticum, araticu (dated)

Further reading

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

aratiku

  1. cherimoya

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “aratiku”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 17, column 2