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kapi'iûara

Old Tupi

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kapibara okarûabo (a capybara eating)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔiβar. By surface analysis, kapi'i (“grass”) +‎ gûara (“eater”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní kapi'yva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka.pi.ʔiˈwa.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧'i‧ûa‧ra

Noun

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kapi'iûara (unpossessable)

  1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: kapiwara
  • → Portuguese: capivara
  • → Spanish: capibara

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kapibara”, 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 217, column 2
  • Joseph of Anchieta (1560) [Ao Padre Geral, de São Vicente] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as chapter X, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 122: “capiyûára [kapi'iûara]”
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 254
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