buriti

English

Noun

buriti (plural buritis)

The moriche palm.

Cebuano

Etymology

burit +‎ -i

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bu‧ri‧ti

Verb

buriti

imperative of burit

Portuguese

Alternative forms

muruti, muriti, buruti, miriti
murutim (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi moretĩ.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.ɾiˈt͡ʃi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ɾiˈti/

Hyphenation: bu‧ri‧ti

Noun

buriti m (plural buritis)

(Brazil) moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa, a palm of tropical South America)
Synonym: buritizeiro
(Brazil) the fruit of the moriche palm

References

Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: 2013: Global.
D’Abbeville, Claude; Histoire de la mission des pères Capucins en l'isle de Maragnan et terres circonvoisines, p. 221; Paris: 1614: François Huby.

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