aîyra
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-ajɨr (“daughter of a man”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aîyra (IIb class pluriform, absolute taîyra, R1 raîyra, R2 taîyra) (possessable)
- female equivalent of a'yra
- daughter of a man
- fraternal niece (daughter of one's brother)
- first cousin once removed (daughter of a male first cousin)
- pup; cub (female young of an animal)
- (figurative) child (woman considered a product of a place); native of; from
Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Nheengatu: tayera
References edit
- ^ Fernando Orphão de Carvalho, Joshua Birchall (2022) “Uma reconstrução comparativa da terminologia de parentesco do Proto-Tupi-Guarani [A comparative reconstruction of Proto-Tupi-Guarani kinship terminology]”, in LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas[1], volume 22, Campinas, , archived from the original on 2023-10-23, page 5
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aîyra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 20, column 2