îuriti

Old Tupi

îuriti sandupa (a dove observing)

Alternative forms

• îeruti, îurutĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juriti.

Cognate with Guaraní jeruti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ju.ɾiˈti]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: îu‧ri‧ti

Noun

îuriti (unpossessable)

1. any bird from the genus Leptotila.

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yurutí
• → Portuguese: juriti

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuriti”, 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 200, column 1