ybyrapytanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨrapɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, ybyrá (“tree”) +‎ pytang (“reddish”) +‎ -a.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní yvyrapytã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨ.β̞ɨˌɾa.pɨˈtã.ŋa]
• Rhymes: -ãŋa
• Hyphenation: y‧by‧rá‧py‧ta‧nga

Noun

ybyrapytanga (unpossessable)

1. brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: ibirapitanga, >? arabutã

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Brasil, o pao”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 59: “Jgbîrapitãga [Ybyrapytanga]”
• Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter V (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 101: “Ibirapitanga [Ybyrapytanga]”