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Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwa.ɾa/
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Hyphenation: kûa‧ra
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷa, from Proto-Tupian *kʷat.
Cognate with Awetí kwat, Guaraní kua.
Noun
kûara (possessable)
- hole; puncture
- Synonyms: puka, boka
- burrow; den; refuge
Pesem tatu kûara suí.- You got out of the armadillo's burrow.
- vagina
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kûara
- grave
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:karamemûã
- mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)
- Synonym: ybykûara
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷat, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûarasy. Pronunciation possibly influenced by Etymology 1.
Noun
kûara (unpossessable)
- the Sun
- Synonym: kûarasy
Descendants
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 403
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
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