kûarasy
See also: kuarasy
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷarat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûara.[1] By surface analysis, kó (“this”) + 'ara (“day”) + sy (“origin”), literally “"the origin of this day"”.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuarahy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kûarasy (unpossessable)
- the Sun
- Synonym: kûara
- Guaraci, the Sun personified
- summer
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûarasy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[3] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 236–237