uruku

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• urukũ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrjuku.

Cognate with Guaraní uruku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ɾuˈku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧ku

Noun

uruku (unpossessable)

1. achiote (Bixa orellana, a shrub native to a region between northern South America and Mexico).

Noun

uruku (possessable)

1. achiote (orange-red dye obtained from the anchiote seed)

Related terms

nouns

• pirauruku
• urukurana

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: urukú
• → Portuguese: urucum, urucu

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “uruku”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 502, columns 1–2