Wiktionary

kûara

Old Tupi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwa.ɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Hyphenation: kûa‧ra

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷa, from Proto-Tupian *kʷat.[1]

Cognate with Awetí kwat, Guaraní kua.

Noun edit

kûara (possessable)

  1. hole; puncture
    Synonyms: puka, boka
  2. burrow; den; refuge
    Pesem tatu kûara suí.
    You got out of the armadillo's burrow.
  3. vagina
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kûara
  4. grave
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:karamemûã
  5. mine (excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken)
    Synonym: ybykûara
    itaîukûara
    gold mine
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Nheengatu: kuara

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷat, from Proto-Tupian *ŋgəat. Doublet of kûarasy.[2] Pronunciation possibly influenced by Etymology 1.

Noun edit

kûara (unpossessable)

  1. the Sun
    Synonym: kûarasy
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 403
  2. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570

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