pratu

== Latin == === Noun === prātū ablative singular of prātus == Latvian == === Verb === pratu first-person singular past indicative of prast == Old Tupi == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese prato, from Old Galician-Portuguese prato, a semi-learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide; broad”), from Proto-Hellenic *plətús, from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾaˈtu/ Rhymes: -u === Noun === pratu (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica) plate (flat dish for eating or serving food) Synonym: nha'ẽ ==== Usage notes ==== Despite seemingly breaking the no consonant cluster rule, this is the only form attested for Língua Geral (see krusá). The expected *paratu is only found in Nheengatu. ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: paratú, paratu === References === Arronches, João de (1739), “PRATO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 258: “pratú” Hundertpfundt, Rochus [attributed] (a. 1756), [Prosodia da lingoa] [Prosody of the language] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica); copied as “Prato”, in anonymous editor, 18th century, folio 68v, column 2: “Pratú” Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Prato”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 33v, column 1, line 10; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 225: “pratú” anonymous author (c. 1757), “Prato”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] [Brazilian-Portuguese Vocabulary] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica [Chrestomathy of the Brazilian language], Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 108: “pratú” anonymous author (18th century), “Prato”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), page 58v: “Pratú” == Sicilian == === Noun === pratu m (plural prati) meadow, field