ypeka

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• ipeka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨpek, from Proto-Tupian *ɨpekʲ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨˈpɛ.ka]
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: y‧pe‧ka

Noun

ypeka (unpossessable)

1. duck (any aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
2. (strictly) Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)

Related terms

• ypekakûãîa
• ypekapara
• ypekatĩapûá

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ipeka

References

• Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XI, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 169: “Upec [Ypek(a)]”
• Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter LXXXI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 227: “upeca [ypeka]”
• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIX, in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 242v: “Vpec [Ypek(a)]”
• anonymous author (1622) “Pata, ou pato, gnlr”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 68: “Ypeca [Ipeka]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ypeka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 530, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 258