muruanha

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Navarro derives it from meru (fly) +‎ ãî (toothed) +‎ -a,[1] but the E>U change is unexplained. Possibly an alternative form *mberuanha existed, as seen in the Portuguese borrowing beruanha, but wasn't recorded.

Pronunciation

Noun

muruanha (?)

  1. (hapax, Late Tupi) stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)

Descendants

  • Brazilian Portuguese: beruanha, meruanha, muruanha

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “muruanha”, 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 319, column 2
  • Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter XCCI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 241:muruanja
  • 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 293