îandara

Old Tupi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-der.

Latin ieientō

Latin ientō

Vulgar Latin *iantāre

Old Galician-Portuguese jantar

Brazilian Portuguese jantar

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi îandara

Adapted borrowing of Brazilian Portuguese jantar +‎ -a. The term was borrowed in the 18th century, before jantar got the modern sense of “evening meal”.

Noun

îandara (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

1. lunch; dinner (midday meal)
2. (by extension) midday

   Synonyms: 'araybysokeme, asaîé

Derived terms

• îandarusu

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yandara

See also

• (times of day) ko'emytanga, ko'ema, asaîé/'araybysokeme/îandara (LGA), karuka, karukypy, putuna, karupysaîé, pysaîé, pysaîe'ĩ ^{(Category: tpw:Times of day)}

References

• João de Arronches (1739) “JANTAR”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 199: “janára”
• annonymous (c. 1757) “Meio dia”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 87: “jantara”