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gûyrapunga

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wɨrapoŋ.[1] By surface analysis, gûyrá (“bird”) +‎ pong (“percussive”) +‎ -a.[2]

Cognate wirh Paraguayan Guaraní guyrapõ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡʷɨ.ɾaˈpũ.ŋa]
  • Rhymes: -ũŋa
  • Hyphenation: gûy‧ra‧pu‧nga

Noun

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gûyrapunga (unpossessable)

  1. bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)

Descendants

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  • → Brazilian Portuguese: araponga, guiraponga, uiraponga, iraponga
    • → English: araponga

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrapunga”, 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 140, column 1
  • 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, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 263
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