mamãu-rana

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Literally, “false papaya”.

    Noun

    mamãu-rana (plural mamãu-rana-itá)

    1. (archaic) money tree (Pachira aquatica)

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: mamorana

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “mamãu-rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 442
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