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Reconstruction:Old Tupi/îagûaruna

This Old Tupi entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îagûara (“jaguar”) +‎ un (“black”) +‎ -a.[1]

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

Noun

*îagûaruna (unpossessable)

  1. black panther (melanistic colour variant of the jaguar (Panthera onca))

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: yawaruna
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: Jaguaruna

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
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 249
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