îagûapopeba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îagûara (“carnivoran”) +‎ pó (“hand”) +‎ peb (“flat”) +‎ -a.

Possibly cognate with Guaraní jagua pe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja.ɡʷa.pɔˈpɛ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -ɛβa
• Hyphenation: îa‧gûa‧po‧pe‧ba

Noun

îagûapopeba (unpossessable)

1. Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis)

   Synonyms: atasapé, gûaîraká

   • Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § IIII (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1318: “Iaguapopeba [Îagûapopeba]”
   • Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter CI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 251: “jagoarapeba [îagûarapeba]”
   • Francisco Soares (1590–1596) “Lagartos”, in De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese), page 91; republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1966, page 209, line 2353: “Jaguapopeba [Îagûapopeba]”
   • anonymous author (1622) “Lontra”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 24: “Iagoapopeba [Îagûapopeba]”

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îagûapopeba”, 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, page 153, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 250