-ygûar

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• -ygûan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨˈwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: -y‧gûar

Suffix

-ygûar

1. suffix expressing origin, nativity, or residency

Derived terms

Old Tupi terms suffixed with -ygûar

Descendants

• Nheengatu: -wara

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-ygûar”, 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 527, column 2