eíra
Guaraní edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eit, from Proto-Tupian *ewit.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ei and Old Tupi eíra.
Noun edit
eíra
References edit
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eit, from Proto-Tupian *ewit.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ei and Paraguayan Guaraní eíra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eíra (possessable)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: ira
Noun edit
eíra (unpossessable)
- meliponine (any stingless bee of the tribe Meliponini)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “eíra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 91, columns 1–2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294