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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨrapɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, ybyrá (“tree”) + pytang (“reddish”) + -a.[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní yvyrapytã.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -ãŋa
- Hyphenation: y‧by‧rá‧py‧ta‧nga
Noun
ybyrapytanga (unpossessable)
- brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata)
Descendants
References
- anonymous author (1622) “Brasil, o pao”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 59: “Jgbîrapitãga [Ybyrapytanga]”
- Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter V (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 101: “Ibirapitanga [Ybyrapytanga]”