Îagûaruna

Old Tupi

Etymology

From *îagûaruna (“black panther”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ja.ɡʷaˈɾũ.na]
  • Rhymes: -ũna
  • Hyphenation: Îa‧gûa‧ru‧na

Proper noun

Îagûaruna

  1. (hapax) a male given name
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 60; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
      I kaûĩgûasupipó xe ramũîa Îagûaruna? Ene'ĩ! T'asabeypó! Erĩ! Aûîeté p'akó, aîegûak ûinhemoúna...
      By the way, does my grandpa Îagûaruna have much cauim? Come on, I'm gonna get drunk! Wait! Actually, I must adorn myself with black paint...

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îagûaruna”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 154, column 2
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