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gûyratinga

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní guyratĩ.

Noun

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gûyratinga (unpossessable)

  1. great egret (Ardea alba egretta)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: wirá-tinga
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: Guiratinga

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) “gûyratinga”, 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 2
  • anonymous author (1622) “Garça”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 146: “Guîratinga. [Gûyratinga.]”
  • 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 260
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