tare'ira

Old Tupi

tare'ira

Alternative forms

• tere'ira

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tareʔir + Old Tupi -a.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní tare'y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɾɛˈʔi.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧'i‧ra

Noun

tare'ira (unpossessable)

1. trahira (Hoplias malabaricus).

Derived terms

• tare'imboîa

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tarira
• → Brazilian Portuguese: traíra
  • → English: trahira
  • → Hunsrik: Traira

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XL, 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 247: “Tarehure”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tare'ira”, 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 465, column 2