îagûapytanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îagûara +‎ pytang +‎ -a.

Noun

îagûapytanga (unpossessable)

1. hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus)

Coordinate terms

• (canids) agûará (agûaragûasu), îagûapytanga, îagûara (îagûamimbaba, eŷmbaba îagûara)

Derived terms

• îagûapytangusu

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: jaguapitanga

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îagûapytanga”, 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 249