parawá

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa.ɾaˈwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧wá

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi paragûá.

Noun

parawá (plural parawá-itá)

  1. parrot
    Synonym: (obsolete) ayurú
    • 1890 [1872–1887], chapter V, in João Barbosa Rodrigues, compiler, Poranduba Amazonense ou Kochiyma-uara Porandub, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, page 55:
      Curupira, paá, u ricó yepé parauá, curumi u cêca ramé, paá, parauá u porandu ichupé: / — Ne re iucá uana uaimi?
      Curupira, they say, had a parrot; when the boy came, they say, the parrot asked him: “Have you killed the old woman already?”
      [Story collected at Rio Negro (Amazon)]
Derived terms
  • parawaí
  • parawá-akará
  • parawá-buya
  • parawá-ira
  • parawá-kurika
  • urubú-parawá

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

parawá (plural parawá-itá)

  1. (archaic) alternative form of parawa
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References

  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “parawá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 582
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