a'yra

• ayra (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /aˈʔɨ.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -ɨɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧'y‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aʔɨr (“son of a man”), from Proto-Tupian *aʔɨt (“son of a man”).[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní a'y.

a'yra (IIb class pluriform, absolute ta'yra, R1 ra'yra, R2 ta'yra, female equivalent aîyra) (possessable)

1. son of a man
2. fraternal nephew (son of one's brother)
3. first cousin once removed (son of a male first cousin)
4. pup; cub (male young of a male animal)
5. (figurative) child (man considered a product of a place); native of; from

   Synonym: tapiîara

• Nheengatu: taíra

a'yra (IIb class pluriform, absolute ta'yra, R1 ra'yra, R2 ta'yra) (possessable)

1. relatives; kinfolk

   Synonyms: anama, a'ysé, maranungara, mũ

2. offspring of a man

• Appendix:Old Tupi terms of family and kinship

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *a-ʔɨr (“semen, son of a man, small”), from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨt (“semen”). Doublet of a'yrĩ.[1]

a'yra (IIb class pluriform, absolute ta'yra, R1 ra'yra, R2 ta'yra) (possessable)

1. semen

   Synonym: api'aỹîa

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'yra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 75, column 2