gûariba

Old Tupi

gûariba (Alouatta guariba)

Alternative forms

• ûariba

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wariβ.

Cognate with Guaraní guaryva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈɾi.βa/, [ɡʷaˈɾi.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iβa
• Hyphenation: gûa‧ri‧ba

Noun

gûariba (unpossessable)

1. howler monkey (any monkey in the genus Alouatta)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: wariwa
• → Portuguese: guariba, guariva
  • → English: guariba
  • → French: ouarine
    • → English: ouarine
    • → English: warine

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûariba”, 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 135, column 1