kapiyva

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Kaiwá

kapiyva

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní kapi'yva and Old Tupi kapi'iûara.

Noun

kapiyva

  1. capybara
    Kapiyva ro'o oje'úva.Capybara meat is edible.

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Further reading

  • Graciela Chamorro (2022) “kapiyva”, in Dicionário kaiowá-português [Kaiwá–Portuguese Dictionary] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Javali, →ISBN, page 277, column 2