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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)

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
  • Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) chapter VII, in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], volume VI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 230: “Capybara [Kapibara]”
  • 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 254
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