cacaurana

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Nahuan *kakawatl

Classical Nahuatl cacahuatlbor.

Spanish cacaobor.

Brazilian Portuguese cacaubor.

Nheengatu kakáu

Proto-Tupian *ran

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ran

Old Tupi ran

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi rana

Nheengatu rana

Nheengatu kakáu-ranabor.

Portuguese cacaurana

Borrowed from Nheengatu kakáu-rana. By surface analysis, cacau +‎ -rana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˌkawˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/ [kaˌkaʊ̯ˈhɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˌkawˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/ [kaˌkaʊ̯ˈhɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˌkawˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/ [kaˌkaʊ̯ˈχɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˌkawˈʁɐ.na/ [kaˌkaʊ̯ˈhɐ.na]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧cau‧ra‧na

Noun

cacaurana f (plural cacauranas) (chiefly North Brazil)

1. tree of the species Herrania mariae
2. tree of the species Theobroma microcarpum

   Synonyms: cacau-jacaré, cacau-maracujá, macacaacã

References

• “cacaurana”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “cacaurana”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024