kapi'iûara

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Old Tupi

kapibara okarûabo (a capybara eating)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔiβar. By surface analysis, kapi'i (grass) +‎ gûara (eater).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní kapi'yva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧'i‧ûa‧ra

Noun

kapi'iûara (unpossessable)

  1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: kapiwara
  • Portuguese: capivara
  • Spanish: capibara

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kapibara”, 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 217, column 2
  • Joseph of Anchieta (1560) (overall work in Portuguese); republished as chapter X, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 122:capiyûára [kapi'iûara]
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 254