ygara

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Old Tupi

ygara

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨar.

Cognate with Guaraní yga.

Pronunciation

Noun

ygara (possessable)

  1. canoe
    Synonyms: ygareté, ubá
    Coordinate term: uru
    • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter LXVIII, in , page 168, lines 72–75; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 314:
      Yangaipa co de boya
      na xererecocatui
      yaribobõ omõgui
      igara coabipota
      [I angaîpaba kó nde boîá / Na xe rerekokatuî / Îarybobõ omonguî / ygara kuabĩ potá.]
      These servants of yours are evil. They don't treat me well. They knock down the bridge, wanting the canoe to pass .
  2. (Late Tupi) boat
  3. (Late Tupi) ship
    Synonym: ygarusu
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Conuês de nauio”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 81; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Jgara rocabigtera.
      [Ygara rokabytera.]
      Deck.
      (literally, “Ship's town square.”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: igara
  • Brazilian Portuguese: igara

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