îabyru

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• îaburu

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní javiru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja.β̞ɨˈɾu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: îa‧by‧ru

Noun

îabyru (unpossessable)

1. jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)

Related terms

• îabyrugûasu

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yaburú
• → Portuguese: jaburu, jabiru
  • → English: jabiru

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIX, 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 242: “Iauourou [Îaburu]”
• anonymous author (1622) “Grou”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 151: “Iaburû [Îaburu]”
• Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book V, chapter VI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 200: “Iabirv [Îabyru]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îabyru”, 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 152, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 260