muratu

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mulato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muɾatu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧tu

Noun

muratu (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

  1. mulatto

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: muratú

References

  • Arronches, João de (1739), “MULATO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 225: “mulatú”
  • anonymous author (18th century), “Mulato”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), page 44: “Moratu”
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