ñakurutũ

Paraguayan Guaraní

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani [Term?].

Cognate with Old Tupi îakurutu.

Noun

ñakurutũ

1. owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
2. (strictly) South American great horned owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu)

Related terms

• ñakurutũ guasu
• ñakurutũ hũ
• ñakurutũ'i

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: ñakurutú
• → Translingual: Bubo virginianus nacurutu (learned)

References

• Paul Smith (2006) “FAUNA Paraguay Checklist of the Birds of Paraguay Part 1”, in FAUNA Paraguay‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and English)