piramutaba

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • piramutá, piramutaua, piramutava

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi piramotá.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ɾɐ.muˈta.bɐ/ [pi.ɾɐ.muˈta.βɐ]

Noun

piramutaba f (plural piramutabas)

  1. piramuta (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii, a species of catfish)
    Synonym: (Piauí) branquinho

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “piramutaba”, 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

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