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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷarat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûara.[1] By surface analysis, kó (“this”) + 'ara (“day”) + sy (“origin”), literally “"the origin of this day"”.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuarahy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʷa.ɾa.ˈsɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: kûa‧ra‧sy
Noun
kûarasy (unpossessable)
- the Sun
- Synonym: kûara
- Guaraci, the Sun personified
- summer
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Descendants
References
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
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