puraké

== Nheengatu == === Alternative forms === purakí === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /puraˈke/, [pu.ɾaˈkɛ] Rhymes: -e Hyphenation: pu‧ra‧ké === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Tupi puraké, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *purake. Cognate with Portuguese puraquê. ==== Noun ==== puraké (plural puraké-itá) electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) Synonym: pixundé ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Tupi puraké. ==== Noun ==== puraké (plural puraké-itá) elbow (joint between upper arm and forearm) Synonym: wakurawá === References === Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “puraké”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 638 == Old Tupi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [pu.ɾaˈkɛ] Rhymes: -ɛ Hyphenation: pu‧ra‧ké === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *purake. Compare Paraguayan Guarani porake. ==== Alternative forms ==== poraké, purá ==== Noun ==== puraké (unpossessable) (North Tupi, hapax legomenon) electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) chola guitarfish (Pseudobatos percellens) ===== Usage notes ===== Both Navarro and Papavero & Teixeira identify the puraké as an electric eel based solely on the Portuguese descendant, although most of the contemporary sources describe a fish similar to a skate. Lisboa (c. 1631) ambiguously depicts an “eel-colored”, six-span long fish, but the folio with its illustration is missing. ===== Descendants ===== Nheengatu: puraké, purakí → Brazilian Portuguese: puraquê, poraquê, poroquê === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== puraké (possessable) elbow (joint between upper arm and forearm) Synonym: endybangã ===== Usage notes ===== Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica 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, purakí === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== puraké (noun form puraké) deceptive Coordinate term: nhe'engyrygûan ===== Declension ===== === References ===