waruá

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi gûarugûá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa.ɾuˈa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: wa‧ru‧á

Noun

waruá (plural waruá-itá)

1. mirror (smooth reflecting surface)
   • 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé, Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of New Testament, 1 Kurintuwaraita 13:12:

     Nyãse kuiri yamaa pitunawasu upe kuaye yamaawaa waruwa upe, maa yamaa kuri suaxara kuayentuana.

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   • 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé, Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of New Testament, 2 Kurintuwaraita 3:18:

     Kuiri muiri yande, timaa yayumimi yaneruwa Deus sui, maa yamaa yaneruixawa umuturi purangawa kuaye yamaa yawe waruwa upe, utrukari yande purangawaa iyawe.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2021, Bíblia Baré, Buia Igarapé, Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory: Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, translation of New Testament, Tiagu 1:23:

     Nyãse kua usenduwaa retentu kua nyenga tiwa umunya ae, iyawe ae kua umaawaa suwa waruwa upe […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• esá-waruá
• waruá-maniiwa
• Yasí-Waruá

Descendants

• → Emerillon: waruwa
• → Wayampi: warua

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “waruá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 815