aratu

Central Dusun

Verb

aratu

1. to fall

Latin

Verb

arātū

1. ablative supine of arō

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi aratu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈtu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈtu/

Noun

aratu m (plural aratus)

1. (zoology) one of various red crabs of the Grapsidae family that inhabit mangroves.
   1. the mangrove tree crab (Aratus pisonii).

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “aratu”, 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 61

Further reading

• “aratu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aratu”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026