gûyrasapukaîa

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gûyrá (“bird”) +‎ sapukaî (“to scream”) +‎ -a.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: gûy‧rá‧sa‧pu‧ka‧îa

Noun

gûyrasapukaîa (unpossessable)

  1. (Late Tupi) rooster; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)
    Synonyms: sapukaîa, arinhama, arinhãmiri

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrasapukaîa”, 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 2
  • anonymous author (1622) “Galinha ou Galo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 146, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 1: “Guirâçapucaya [Gûyrasapukaîa]”
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