îaûara

Old Tupi

Noun

îaûara (unpossessable)

1. Alternative form of îagûara
   • 1557, Hans Staden, quoting Cunhambebe, chapter 44, in Warhaftig^e Hiſtoria […] (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:

     Jau ware ſche […]

     [Îaûara xe […] ]

     I'm a jaguar.

References

• Antonie Knivet (1591) “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet, which went with Maſter Thomas Candish in his ſecond voyage to the South Sea”, in Samuel Purchas, editor, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VI, chapter VII § II (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1208: “Iawara [Îaûara]”
• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 251: “Ianouare [Îaûara]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îaûara”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 165, column 1