îakaré

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jakare.

Cognate with Guaraní jakare, Tembé zakare and Tocantins Asurini and Xingú Asuriní sakare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja.kaˈɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: îa‧ka‧ré

Noun

îakaré (unpossessable)

1. caiman (any crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae)

   Îakaré 'y suí osem.

   The alligator got out of the river.

Derived terms

• îakaregûasu
• îakarepetymbûaba
• îakarepinima

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yakaré
• → Portuguese: jacaré
  • → English: yacare
  • → Galician: jacaré
  • → Hunsrik: Schakaree

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îakaré”, 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 155, column 2