puraké

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ɾaˈkɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: pu‧ra‧ké

Etymology 1

poraké (sense 1)

poraké (sense 2)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *purake.

Compare Paraguayan Guaraní porake.

Alternative forms

• poraké

Noun

puraké (unpossessable)

1. electric eel (Electrophorus electricus, an eel-like fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks)

   Synonym: purá

2. chola guitarfish (Pseudobatos percellens)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: puraké
• → Portuguese: poraquê, poroquê, puraquê

Etymology 2

Noun

puraké (possessable)

1. elbow

   Synonym: endybangã

Usage notes

Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, from 1622, states that puraké was only used in the Captaincy of São Vicente, current São Paulo state. The inherited term in Northern Brazil's Nheengatu, however, shows that the word was known in a wider area.

Descendants

• Nheengatu: puraké

Etymology 3

Adjective

puraké

1. disguised
2. deceptive
3. fake; false

   Synonym: ran

Noun

puraké (possessable)

1. disguise
2. deceit; fraud

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “puraké”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 411, column 2