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Nheengatu
Etymology
From Old Tupi kabaru, borrowed from Portuguese cavalo, from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Latin caballus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kaballos. First attested in 1853.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.waˈru/,
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧rú
Noun
kawarú (plural kawarú-itá)
- (archaic) horse (Equus ferus caballus)
1938 [1872], Charles Frederick Hartt, “Notas sobre a lingua geral, ou tupí moderno do Amazonas”, in Anais da Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, volume LI (overall work in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: M. E. S. Serviço Gráfico, Frases (section II), page 376, line 791:Joakin imaasy ikó, oár kauarú ára suí, omopén iyuuá, kuyr ikatú mirí uán oikó.- Joakin is sick, he fell from the horse and broke his arm, he's a bit better now.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Manoel Justiniano de Seixas (1853) Vocabulario da lingua indigena geral para o uso do Seminario Episcopal do Pará (in Portuguese), Pará: Typ. de Mattos e Comp.ª, page 9: “Cauarú”
- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kawarú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 385