kakáu-rana

Nheengatu

Etymology

    From kakáu + rana. Literally, “false cacao”.

    Noun

    kakáu-rana (plural kakáu-rana-itá)

    1. tree of the species Theobroma microcarpum
      Synonym: makaka-akanga
    2. the fruit of this tree

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: cacaurana

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kakáu-rana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 362
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