Etymology

pirarucu

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Today it means: An arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon. Full definition →

Brazilian Portuguese piraruc ← Nheengatu pirarukú ← Old Tupi pirauruku
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The story

  1. Old Tupipirá
  2. Old Tupiuruku
  3. Old Tupipirauruku
  4. Nheengatupirarukú
  5. Brazilian Portuguesepiraruc
  6. English todaypirarucu

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.