gûyrasapukaîa
Old Tupi
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editEtymology
editFrom gûyrá (“bird”) + sapukaî (“to scream”) + -a.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgûyrasapukaîa (unpossessable)
- (Late Tupi) rooster; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)
- Synonyms: sapukaîa, arinhama, arinhãmiri
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrasapukaîa”, 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 140, column 2
- anonymous author (1622) “Galinha ou Galo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 146, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 1: “Guirâçapucaya [Gûyrasapukaîa]”