Reconstruction:Old Tupi/îagûaruna

This Old Tupi entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Tupi

Etymology

From îagûara (“jaguar”) +‎ un (“black”) +‎ -a.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ja.ɡʷaˈɾũ.na]
Rhymes: -ũna
Hyphenation: îa‧gûa‧ru‧na

Noun

*îagûaruna (unpossessable)

black panther (melanistic colour variant of the jaguar (Panthera onca))

Derived terms

Îagûaruna

Descendants

Nheengatu: yawaruna
→ Brazilian Portuguese: Jaguaruna

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îagûaruna”, 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 154, 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

[1] Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Îagûaruna”, 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 154, column 2

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