moretĩ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • mboretĩ, mberiti, mborutĩ, meriti, morutĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *muriti.[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní mburiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ɾɛˈtĩ/
  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧re‧tĩ

Noun

moretĩ (unpossessable)

  1. moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa)
    Synonym: meriti'yba
  2. the fruit of the moriche palm

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: mirití
  • → Portuguese: buriti, muruti, muriti, buruti, miriti, murutim (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

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