pirá

See also: pira, PIRA, píra, and pirã

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈɾa/

Noun

pirá

fish

Descendants

English: piranha
Portuguese: piranha

References

LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Spanish

Verb

pirá

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of pirar.

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