akãpyra

Old Tupi

Etymology

From akã (“branch”) +‎ apyra (“extremity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ãˌkãˈpɨ.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ɨɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧kã‧py‧ra

Noun

akãpyra (possessable, IIe class pluriform, absolute sakãpyra, R1 rakãpyra, R2 sakãpyra)

1. tip (of a stick, tree branch, or something similar)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: akapira

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Cume como da aruore, uara e cousa semelhante assi em pe”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 87: “Çacapigra [Sakãpyra]”
• anonymous author (1622) “Ponta como de uara, ou aruore”, 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 80: “Çacãpigra [Sakãpyra]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akãpyra”, 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 24, column 1