kuruka
Old Tupi
Etymology
By surface analysis, kuruk (“grumbly”) + -a
Noun
kuruka (?)
- grumbler (an always complaining person)
Descendants
- → Portuguese: coroca
Further reading
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), 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
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Verb
kuruka (verbal noun of the ku class)
- infinitive of -ruka