îagûapopeba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îagûara (“carnivoran”) +‎ pó (“hand”) +‎ peb (“flat”) +‎ -a.

Possibly cognate with Guaraní jagua pe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ja.ɡʷa.pɔˈpɛ.β̞a]
Rhymes: -ɛβa
Hyphenation: îa‧gûa‧po‧pe‧ba

Noun

îagûapopeba (unpossessable)

Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis)
Synonyms: atasapé, gûaîraká

References

Fernão Cardim (p. 1583) “A Treatiſe of Braſil, written by a Portugall which had long lived there”, in Samuel Purchas, transl., Francis Cooke, compiler, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VII, chapter I § IIII (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1318: “Iaguapopeba [Îagûapopeba]”
Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter CI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 251: “jagoarapeba [îagûarapeba]”
Francisco Soares (1590–1596) “Lagartos”, in De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6)‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1966, page 209, line 2353: “Jaguapopeba [Îagûapopeba]”
anonymous author (1622) “Lontra”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 24: “Iagoapopeba [Îagûapopeba]”
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îagûapopeba”, 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 153, column 2
Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 250