Old Tupi Etymology From îu'i (“frog”) + pererek (“jumper”) + -a.[1] Pronunciation IPA(key): /juˌʔi.pɛ.ɾɛˈɾɛ.ka/, [ʝuˌʔi.pɛ.ɾɛˈɾɛ.ka] Rhymes: -ɛka Hyphenation: îu‧'i‧pe‧re‧re‧ka Noun îu'iperereka (unpossessable) tree frog Descendants Nheengatu: perereka → Portuguese: perereca References [1]Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îu'iperereka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 197, column 1 Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.