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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *potɨr, from Proto-Tupian *potˀɨt.[1]
Cognate with Awetí potɨt, Mbyá Guaraní poty and Sateré-Mawé pohɨt.
Pronunciation
Noun
potyra (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute motyra)
- flower
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 404
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “potyra”, 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
- Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José