urubutinga

Old Tupi

urubutinga (Sarcoramphus papa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβutiŋ. By surface analysis, urubu (“vulture”) +‎ ting (“white”) +‎ -a.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní yryvu tĩ.

Noun

urubutinga (unpossessable)

1. king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
   • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XXXIII, 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 187:

     Oroboutin-eugouäue

     [Urubutingygûaba]

     (literally, “king vulture’s drinking place”)

     name of a village

Derived terms

• Urubutingygûaba

Descendants

• Nheengatu: urubú-tinga, ⇒ urubú-murutinga
• → Brazilian Portuguese: urubutinga

References

• Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter LXXXV, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 232: “urubutinga”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “urubutinga”, 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 501, column 2

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.buˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/, /uˌɾu.buˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.buˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/, /uˌɾu.buˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.buˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡa/, /uˌɾu.buˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.buˈtĩ.ɡɐ/ [u.ɾu.βuˈtĩ.ɡɐ]

• Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu‧tin‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi urubutinga.

Noun

urubutinga m (plural urubutingas)

1. (Brazil) king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

   Synonym: urubu-rei

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tupi urubitinga.

Noun

urubutinga m (plural urubutingas)

1. great black hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)

   Synonym: gavião-preto

Further reading

• “urubutinga”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “urubutinga”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “urubutinga” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “urubutinga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “urubutinga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “urubutinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025