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Nheengatu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi tapi'ira, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiʔir.
Pronunciation
Noun
tapiira (plural tapiira-itá)
- tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
- Synonyms: tapiira-kaapura, tapiira-kaawara, tapiireté
- cattle (Bos taurus)
- Synonym: tapiira-suaiwara
References
- ^ Aline da Cruz (2011) Fonologia e gramática do Nheengatú: a língua geral falada pelos povos Baré, Warekena e Baniwa (in Portuguese), Amsterdam: LOT, →ISBN, page 70
- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tapiira”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 733