pupîara

Old Tupi

Etymology

By surface analysis, pupé (“inside of”) +‎ -yûar (origin, nativity, or residency suffix) +‎ -a (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈpja.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: pu‧pîa‧ra

Noun

pupîara (possessable)

1. what is in, what is inside

   Synonyms: pupesûara, pupendûara

Derived terms

• 'Ypupîara
• nambipupîara
• îurapupîara
• îurupupîara

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pupîara”, 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 411, column 1