mokyrana

Old Tupi

mokyrana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.kɨˈɾã.na/
• Rhymes: -ãna
• Hyphenation: mo‧ky‧ra‧na

Noun

mokyrana (unpossessable)

1. body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus)

Derived terms

• mokyrana'yra

Related terms

• kyba (“head louse”)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: muquirana

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mokyrana”, 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 296, column 2