gûyrá

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See also: guyra

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní guyra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: gûy‧rá

Noun

gûyrá (unpossessable)

  1. bird
    • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, “De la mort de trois Indiens Topinamba qui eſtoient venus en France” (chapter LVII), in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 353:
      [] ouyratin oour chèuè []
      [ [] ûyratinga our xébe [] ]
      A white bird came to me.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: wirá
  • Brazilian Portuguese: uirá

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC