urubu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese urubu, borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjuɹubu/, /ˈjuɹʊbʊ/ (Anglicized pronunciations) IPA(key): /u.ɹuˈbu/, /u.ɾuˈbu/ (Lusitanic pronunciations, following Portuguese) === Noun === urubu (plural urubus) A New World vulture (a vulture from South America). == Old Tupi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uɾuˈβu/ Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu Homophone: Urubu === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu. Cognate with Sateré-Mawé uruwu and Paraguayan Guarani yryvu. ==== Noun ==== urubu (unpossessable) New World vulture (any vulture in the family Cathartidae) ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Nheengatu: urubú → Portuguese: urubu, urubú (1931-prescribed spelling)→ Catalan: urubú→ English: urubu (see there for further descendants) ==== See also ==== pataku === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== urubu (unpossessable) moss === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “urubu”, 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 501, column 2 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === urubú (1931-prescribed spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu === Noun === urubu m (plural urubus) New World vulture (Brazil, informal) any vulture Synonym: abutre (figurative) usurer Synonyms: agiota, abutre (Brazil, figurative) undertaker jinx (person who brings bad luck) (derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture Synonym: abutre (sometimes derogatory) someone who wears black clothes and makeup; a goth (soccer slang, sometimes derogatory) a player or supporter of the CR Flamengo soccer team (which has a vulture as mascot) Synonyms: flamenguista, rubro-negro a referee (Brazil, dated) the Urubú-Kaapor people or (uncountable) their language ==== Usage notes ==== The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, urubu-macho for male and urubu-fêmea for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: urubú → English: urubu === Adjective === urubu m or f (plural urubus) (Brazil, dated, relational) of the Urubú-Kaapor people of the Urubú-Kaapor language === Further reading === “urubu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “urubu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 “urubu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “urubu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “urubu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === From an extinct Central Sudanic language; Compare Lugbara abu (“fat, stout”) and Mangbetu eebu (“fat of animal”). Ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *Bu (“fat, grease”) === Noun === urubu class 11 (plural imbu class 10) (Kirundi) yogurt, sour milk (clabbered), sour taste === References === Early history in eastern Africa’s Great Lakes region: Linguistic, ecological, and archaeological approaches, ca. 500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 1000‎[1], 1990, page 557