gûyrá
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See also: guyra
Old Tupi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní guyra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gûyrá (unpossessable)
- bird
- 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, “De la mort de trois Indiens Topinamba qui eſtoient venus en France” (chapter LVII), in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […][2] (overall work in French and Old Tupi), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 353:
- […] ouyratin oour chèuè […]
- [ […] ûyratinga our xébe […] ]
- A white bird came to me.
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[edit]References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[3] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 138–139