Araponga

See also: araponga

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi gûyrá (“bird”) + ponga (“hollow”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɾaˈpõ.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɾaˈpõ.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈpõ.ɡɐ/

Proper noun

Araponga ?

  1. a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (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
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