tapiira
Nheengatu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Tupi tapi'ira, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiʔir.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tapiˈira/, [ta.piˈi.ɾɐ], (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) [taˈpi.ɾɐ][1]
- Rhymes: -ira
- Hyphenation: ta‧pi‧i‧ra
Noun
[edit]tapiira (plural tapiira-itá)
- tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
- Synonyms: tapiira-kaapura, tapiira-kaawara, tapiireté
- cattle (Bos taurus)
- Synonym: tapiira-suaiwara
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tapiira”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , page 733
Categories:
- Nheengatu terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Nheengatu terms derived from Old Tupi
- Nheengatu terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Nheengatu terms inherited from Old Tupi
- Nheengatu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Nheengatu/ira
- Rhymes:Nheengatu/ira/4 syllables
- Nheengatu lemmas
- Nheengatu nouns
- yrl:Odd-toed ungulates
- yrl:Cattle