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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨratiŋ.[1] By surface analysis, gûyrá (“bird”) + ting (“white”) + -a.[2]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní guyratĩ.
Noun
gûyratinga (unpossessable)
- great egret (Ardea alba egretta)
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyratinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 140, column 2
- anonymous author (1622) “Garça”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 146: “Guîratinga. [Gûyratinga.]”
- 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 260