ka'aîara

See also: Ka'aîara

Old Tupi

ka'aîara (Vates phoenix)

Etymology

From ka'a (“forest”) +‎ îara (“lord”), literally, “forest lord”, or more loosely translated as “the one who rules the forest”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.ʔaˈja.ɾa], [ka.ʔaˈʒa.ɾa]
• Homophone: Ka'aîara

Noun

ka'aîara

1. mantis (any insect in the order Mantodea)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: caajara

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ka'aîara”, 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 208, column 1
• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José