gûaraîuba

Old Tupi

gûaraîuba

Alternative forms

• gûyraîuba

Etymology

From gûará (“fish”) +‎ îuba (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣʷaɾaˈjuβa/, /ɣʷaɾaˈʒuβa/

Noun

gûaraîuba

1. blue runner (Caranx crysos)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: guarajuba, guaraiuba, guaruba

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûaraîuba”, 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 134, column 1