eirapu'a
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eirapuʔa. By surface analysis, eíra (“bee”) + apu'a (“round”).
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní eirapu'a.
Noun
editeirapu'a (unpossessable)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “eirapu'a”, 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 91, 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, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294