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yvága

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Guaraní

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβak (“sky”), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa (“high”).[1] Doublet of yvate. The sense of heaven is a semantic loan from Spanish cielo.

Cognate with Old Tupi ybaka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yvága

  1. sky
  2. heaven

References

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  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 410
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