parawá

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa.ɾaˈwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧wá

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi paragûá.

Noun

parawá (plural parawá-itá)

  1. parrot
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Derived terms
  • parawaí
  • parawá-akará
  • parawá-buya
  • parawá-ira
  • parawá-kurika
  • urubú-parawá

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

parawá (plural parawá-itá)

  1. (archaic) alternative form of parawa
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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “parawá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 582
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