arao

From Polish, Italian and French ara, German Ara, Russian а́ра (ára), all ultimately from Old Tupi ará, onomatopoeia for the cry of a macaw.

• IPA^(key): /aˈrao/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧o

arao (accusative singular araon, plural araoj, accusative plural araojn)

1. macaw

• papago (“parrot”)

• araxo, aro

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old French hairon (French héron). Cognate with Portuguese arau.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [aˈɾaʊ̯]

arao m (plural araos)

1. guillemot (Uria aalge)
2. puffin (Fratercula arctica)

• Spanish: arao

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arau”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arao”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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• IPA^(key): /aˈɾao/ [aˈɾa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: a‧ra‧o

arao m (plural araos)

1. guillemot

arao (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜏ᜔)

1. obsolete spelling of araw