Ararauna

German

Etymology

Attested since at least 1648, learned borrowing from New Latin Araravna, from Old Tupi arára úna (“big dark parrot”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːʁaʁaˈuːna/
  • Hyphenation: Ara‧ra‧una

Noun

Ararauna m (strong, genitive Araraunas, plural Araraunas)

  1. blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
    Synonym: Gelbbrustara

Declension

Declension of Ararauna [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ararauna die Araraunas
genitive eines des Araraunas der Araraunas
dative einem dem Ararauna den Araraunas
accusative einen den Ararauna die Araraunas

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See also

References

  1. ^ Marcgrave, Georg (1648). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 206.

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