gûyrá

See also: guyra

Old Tupi

Alternative forms
  • ûyrá

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní guyra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡʷɨˈɾa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: gûy‧rá

Noun

gûyrá (unpossessable)

  1. bird
    • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, “De la mort de trois Indiens Topinamba qui eſtoient venus en France” (chapter LVII), in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […]‎ (overall work in French and Old Tupi), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 353:
      […] ouyratin oour chèuè […]
      [ […] ûyratinga our xébe […] ]
      A white bird came to me.

Derived terms
  • gûyra'ĩ
  • gûyramirĩ
  • gûyrasapukaîa
  • gûyraîurupari

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: wirá
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: uirá

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
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