yandara

Nheengatu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-der.

Latin ieientō

Latin ientō

Vulgar Latin *iantāre

Old Galician-Portuguese jantar

Brazilian Portuguese jantar

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi îandara

Nheengatu yandara

Inherited from Old Tupi îandara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jãˈdara/, (Rio Negro) [jãˈ(ⁿ)da.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: yan‧da‧ra

Adverb

yandara

1. at midday

Noun

yandara (uncountable)

1. midday
2. (archaic) lunch; dinner (midday meal)

   Synonym: maãwasú

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yandara”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 849