gûyrá

See also: guyra

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• ûyrá

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní guyra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gûyrá (unpossessable)

1. bird
   • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, Histoire de la mission des pères Capucins en l'isle de Maragnan et terres circonvoisines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers to the Island of Maranhão] (overall work in French), Paris: F. Huby, page 353:

     […] ûyratinga our xébe […]

     [original: […] ouyratin oour chèuè […]]

     a white bird came to me.

Derived terms

• gûyra'ĩ
• gûyramirĩ
• gûyrasapukaîa
• gûyraîurupari

 

Related terms

• gûyrapunga
• gûyratinga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: wirá
• → Brazilian Portuguese: uirá

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[2] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 138–139