waruá

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi gûarugûá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wa.ɾuˈa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ru‧á

Noun

waruá (plural waruá-itá)

  1. mirror (smooth reflecting surface)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Emerillon: waruwa
  • Wayampi: warua

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “waruá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 815