'ara

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: 'a‧ra

Etymology 1

Cognate with Guaraní ára.

Noun

'ara (unpossessable)

1. day (time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky)

   'ara pukuî ― all day

2. day (a full day-night cycle)
3. sun; daylight (light and warmth received from the sun)

   Hypernyms: kûara, kûarasy

4. air (substance constituting Earth's atmosphere)
5. weather (state of the atmosphere)
6. world; the Earth
7. (Língua Geral Amazônica) season

   amana 'ara ― rainy season

Noun

'ara (possessable)

1. top (the uppermost part of something)
2. understanding; comprehension
3. reason; sense
4. time (instance or occurrence)
5. opportunity

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ara

Etymology 2

From 'ar (“to fall”) +‎ -a.

Noun

'ara (possessable)

1. fall

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ara”, 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, pages 57–58