gûyrá

See also: guyra

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• ûyrá

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨra.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní guyra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʷɨˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gûy‧rá

Noun

gûyrá (unpossessable)

1. bird
   • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, “De la mort de trois Indiens Topinamba qui eſtoient venus en France” (chapter LVII), in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 353:

     […] ouyratin oour chèuè […]

     [ […] ûyratinga our xébe […] ]

     A white bird came to me.

Derived terms

• gûyra'ĩ
• gûyramirĩ
• gûyrasapukaîa
• gûyraîurupari

 

Related terms

• gûyrapunga
• gûyratinga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: wirá
• → Brazilian Portuguese: uirá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrá”, 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, pages 138–139