kamarãu

Nheengatu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese camarão.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.maˈɾãw]
  • Rhymes: -ãw
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧rãu

Noun

kamarãu (plural kamarãu-itá)

  1. shrimp (any crustacean of the order Decapoda)
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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kamarãu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 364
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