potyr

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Back-formation from potyra.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈtɨɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨɾ
  • Hyphenation: po‧tyr

Adjective

potyr (noun form potyra)

  1. flowery

Verb

potyr (2nd class)

  1. to be flowerful
  2. to flower (to put forth blooms)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “potyr”, 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 405, column 2
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