peró

See also: perro, pero, péro, and però

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros)
    Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros)bor.
    Latin Petrus
    Old Galician-Portuguese Pedro
    Portuguese Pedrobor.
    Old Tupi Peró
    Old Tupi peró

    Nominalization of Peró (“Peter”). The name was so common in Portugal in the 16th century that it became a noun among the Tupi.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [pɛˈɾɔ]
    • Rhymes: -ɔ
    • Hyphenation: pe‧ró

    Noun

    peró (unpossessable)

    1. (Late Tupi) Portuguese (native or inhabitant of Portugal)
      Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:abá

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “peró”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 379, column 1

    Portuguese

    Conjunction

    peró

    1. alternative form of pero
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