îuriti

Old Tupi

îuriti sandupa (a dove observing)

Alternative forms

îeruti, îurutĩ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juriti.

Cognate with Guaraní jeruti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ju.ɾiˈti]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: îu‧ri‧ti

Noun

îuriti (unpossessable)

any bird from the genus Leptotila.

Descendants

Nheengatu: yurutí
→ Portuguese: juriti

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îuriti”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 200, column 1

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