moreia
Portuguese
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Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *morẽa, from Latin murēna, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ραινα (mū́raina).[1]
Noun
[edit]moreia f (plural moreias)
- moray (any eel of the family Muraenidae)
- Synonym: (Brazil) caramuru
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From French moraine.[1][2] Doublet of morena.
Noun
[edit]moreia f (plural moreias)
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi amoré, influenced by etymology 1.[3]
Noun
[edit]moreia f (plural moreias)
- Alternative form of amoré
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “moreia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “morena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “amoré”, 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 33, column 2
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