kapiyva

Kaiwá

kapiyva

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní kapi'yva and Old Tupi kapi'iûara.

Noun

kapiyva

1. capybara

   Kapiyva ro'o oje'úva. ― Capybara meat is edible.

Derived terms

• kapiyva mbarigwi

Further reading

• Graciela Chamorro (2022) “kapiyva”, in Dicionário kaiowá-português [Kaiwá–Portuguese Dictionary] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Javali, →ISBN, page 277, column 2