gûyraîuba

Old Tupi

gûyraîuba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣʷɨɾaˈjuβa/, /ɣʷɨɾaˈʒuβa/

Etymology 1

From gûyrá (“bird”) +‎ îuba (“yellow”).

Noun

gûyraîuba

1. golden parakeet (Guaruba guarouba)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: guirajuba, guarajuba, guarujuba, guaruba

Etymology 2

Noun

gûyraîuba

1. Alternative form of gûaraîuba (“blue runner”)

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyraîuba”, 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 139, column 2