jagwa

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Kaiwá

jagwa

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní jagua and Old Tupi îagûara.

Noun

jagwa

  1. dog
    Che jagwa pytã ha nde jagwa hũ.My dog is red, and your dog is black.
  2. In compositions, a common name used to designate feline species

Further reading

  • Graciela Chamorro (2022) “jagwa”, in Dicionário kaiowá-português [Kaiwá–Portuguese Dictionary] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Javali, →ISBN, pages 199–200, columns 1–2