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gûyratinga

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Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨratiŋ.[1] By surface analysis, gûyrá (bird) +‎ ting (white) +‎ -a.[2]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní guyratĩ.

Noun

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gûyratinga (unpossessable)

  1. great egret (Ardea alba egretta)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: wirá-tinga
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Guiratinga

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyratinga”, 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 140, column 2
  • anonymous author (1622) “Garça”, 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 146:Guîratinga. [Gûyratinga.]
  • 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 260