gûyrapunga

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨrapoŋ.[1] By surface analysis, gûyrá (“bird”) +‎ pong (“percussive”) +‎ -a.[2]

Cognate wirh Paraguayan Guaraní guyrapõ.

Pronunciation

Noun

gûyrapunga (unpossessable)

  1. bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)

Descendants

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
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrapunga”, 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 140, column 1
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 263
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