kururu

Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi kururu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku.ɾuˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧ru

Noun

kururu (plural kururukuéra)

1. frog, toad

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kururu.

Cognate with Guaraní kururu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku.ɾuˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧ru

Noun

kururu (unpossessable)

1. true toad (any amphibian in the family Bufonidae)

Derived terms

• kururuapé
• Kururupeba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kururú
• Portuguese: → cururu, ⇒ sapo-cururu

References

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kururu”, 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 246, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274

Polish

kururu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈru.ru/

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• Rhymes: -uru
• Syllabification: ku‧ru‧ru

Noun

kururu n (indeclinable)

1. cane toad

   Synonyms: aga, ropucha olbrzymia

Further reading

• kururu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kururu in PWN's encyclopedia