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takûara

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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    Derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *takʷar.

    Noun

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    takûara (?)

    1. bamboo.[1][2] Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
      1. Chusquea ramosissima
      2. Guadua paniculata
      3. Taquara micrantha
    2. large arrow made of this bamboo[3]

    Derived terms

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    (Unidentified species):

    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: takwara
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: taquara

    References

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    1. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Cana brava, oca por dentro”, 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 65: “Tacoara [Takûara]”
    2. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VIII, chapter X (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 278: “Tacoara [Takûara]”
    3. ^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLIX, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 289: “Tacouärt [Takûar[a]]”
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