pirauruku

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira
    Old Tupi pirá
    Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku
    Old Tupi uruku
    Old Tupi pirauruku

    From pirá (“fish”) +‎ uruku (“achiote”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [piˌɾa.u.ɾuˈku]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧u‧ru‧ku

    Noun

    pirauruku (unpossessable) (North Tupi)

    1. (hapax legomenon) arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
      • [c. 1631, Christovão de Lisboa, Historia dos animaes e arvores do Maranhão [History of Maranhão's animals and trees] (in Portuguese), Lisbon, page 175v:
        Pira urucu / he de 8 palmos de gramdes escamas he muito carregado não se come senão com muita necessidade he muito gordo a cor pardo pera o rabo he tirante a uermelho.
        “Pirauruku” is 8 spans long, full of very large scales. It's not eaten but when in much need. It's very fat. It's color is greyish, reddish to the tail.]

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: pirarukú, piraruku
      • → Brazilian Portuguese: pirarucu
        • → English: pirarucu
        • → Japanese: ピラルクー
        • → Paraguayan Guaraní: piraruku
        • → Spanish: pirarucú

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pirauruku”, 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 387, column 2
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