eirapu'a

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirapuʔa. By surface analysis, eíra (“bee”) +‎ apu'a (“round”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní eirapu'a.

Noun

eirapu'a (unpossessable)

1. vulture bee (Trigona spinipes)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: irapuã
• → Brazilian Portuguese: irapuá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “eirapu'a”, 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 91, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294