aîyra
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-ajɨr (“daughter of a man”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aîyra (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute taîyra, R1 raîyra, R2 taîyra)
- female equivalent of a'yra
- daughter of a man
- fraternal niece (daughter of one's brother)
- first cousin once removed (daughter of a male first cousin)
- pup; cub (female young of an animal)
- (figurative) child (woman considered a product of a place); native of; from
Coordinate terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Nheengatu: tayera
References
[edit]- ^ Fernando Orphão de Carvalho, Joshua Birchall (2022) “Uma reconstrução comparativa da terminologia de parentesco do Proto-Tupi-Guarani [A comparative reconstruction of Proto-Tupi-Guarani kinship terminology]”, in LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas[1], volume 22, Campinas, , archived from the original on 2023-10-23, page 5
Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aîyra”, 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 20, column 2
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨɾa
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨɾa/3 syllables
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi IIb class nouns
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- Old Tupi pluriform nouns
- Old Tupi female equivalent nouns
- tpw:Female family members