kawarú

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi kabaru, borrowed from Portuguese cavalo, from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Latin caballus, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kaballos. First attested in 1853.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.waˈru/, [ka.waˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧rú

Noun

kawarú (plural kawarú-itá)

1. (archaic) horse (Equus ferus caballus)
   • 1872, Charles Frederick Hartt, “Notas sobre a lingua geral, ou tupí moderno do Amazonas”, in Anais da Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, volume LI, Rio de Janeiro: M. E. S. Serviço Gráfico, partial translation of Notes on the Lingoa geral or modern Tupí of the Amazonas, published 1938, Frases (section II), page 376, line 791:

     Joakin imaasy ikó, oár kauarú ára suí, omopén iyuuá, kuyr ikatú mirí uán oikó.

     Joachim is sick, he fell from the horse and broke his arm, he's a bit better now.

Derived terms

• kawarú kunhã
• kawarú-akanga
• kawarú-kaá

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “kawarú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 385