uruku

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [u.ɾuˈku] Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: u‧ru‧ku === Noun === uruku (?) achiote (Bixa orellana) achiote (orange-red dye obtained from the anchiote seed) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: urukú → Portuguese: urucum, urucu→ English: urucum→ Spanish: urucum ==== See also ==== gûang (“to paint with achiote”) === References === === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “uruku”, 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 502, columns 1–2