tamarutaca

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tamarutaka.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.ma.ɾuˈta.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.ma.ɾuˈta.ka/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.mɐ.ɾuˈta.kɐ/

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧ru‧ta‧ca

Noun

tamarutaca f (plural tamarutacas)

  1. mantis shrimp
    Synonyms: estomatópode, lacraia-do-mar, lagosta-boxeadora

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tamarutaka”, 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 460, column 2

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