piramutaba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi piramotá.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾa.muˈta.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾa.muˈta.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ɾɐ.muˈta.bɐ/ [pi.ɾɐ.muˈta.βɐ]

Noun

piramutaba f (plural piramutabas)

  1. piramuta (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii)
    Synonyms: piramutava, piramutaua, piramutá, (Piauí) branquinho

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “piramutaba”, 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
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