amoré

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Old Tupi

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Noun

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amoré (unpossessable)

  1. goby. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. guavina (Guavina guavina)
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Descendants

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References

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  • anonymous author (1622) “Morea, outras de feição de peixe, pretas e sem escamas, q. se crião e uiuem nos mangues dentro das couas dos carãgueijos”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 42, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 2:Amore
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “amoré”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 33, column 2
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 279

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi amoré.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ré

Noun

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amoré m (plural amorés)

  1. gobiiform (any fish of the order Gobiiformes)
  2. (strictly) frillfin goby (Bathygobius soporator)
    Synonyms: babosa, mussurungo

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